'Queer? I should say it is criminal!': Sarah Waters' affinity (1999)

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-214

  Llewellyn, Mark ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affinity; Contemporary lesbian writing; Historical fiction; Sarah Waters; Tipping the Velvet

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344245674     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958923042000287821     Document Type: Review

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