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Examining the development of lesbian writing in English across the twentieth Century, Abraham identifies a shift from the romance model to a more complicated history model. The great modernists, Woolf and Stein, as well as the popular writers of succeeding generations, like Mary Renault, looked to historical narratives, creating an important change in the way the lesbian story is built. The changes in lesbian writing, from the early romance plots through to the post-1960's liberation movement experiments, are Abraham's geography. Within it, she offers detailed readings of major writers in several genres, from high modern to pulp, both British and American. Writers discussed include Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein, Djuna Barnes, Willa Cather and Mary Renault.

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Julie Abraham's Are Girls Necessary? focuses insightfully... and, through fresh and often innovative readings of several authors, she offers a new understanding of what it means to be a lesbian writer. <br>- Journal of Lesbian Studies, 1998 <br> Anyone with a poignant interest in lesbian writing--its history and ramifications in the literary world--will welcome the challenge presented in Abraham's studies. <br>- Lambda Book Report <br>

Julie Abraham's Are Girls Necessary? focuses insightfully... and, through fresh and often innovative readings of several authors, she offers a new understanding of what it means to be a lesbian writer. - Journal of Lesbian Studies, 1998 Anyone with a poignant interest in lesbian writing--its history and ramifications in the literary world--will welcome the challenge presented in Abraham's studies. - Lambda Book Report

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Julie Abraham is Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies at Emory college. She has written for The Nation, the Voice Literary Supplement, and the Women's Review of Books.

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