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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2007 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-45.2.1
- Publisher site
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Abstract
J a n e G a r r i t y v iv id ly rem e m be r one o f my firs t encounters w ith lite ra ry queer space w hen, as a gra d uate stud ent at Berkeley in th e late eighties, I w as reading V irg inia W o o lfs A Room o f One's Own w ith in th e con text o f a fe m in is t th e o ry class and came upon the references to Chloe and O liv ia —the friends, colleagues, and perhaps closeted lesbians w h o share a laboratory. W hile w e d o n 't learn much ab ou t these w o m e n , w e do know th a t " i f Chloe likes O liv ia " —and W o o lf clearly fram es th is ob servation as c o n d itio n a l—the n th e n o velist w h o "k n o w s h o w to express" th is heretofore unrepresented relatio nship in language " w ill lig
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 2007