"Something Highly Contraband": Woolf, Female Sexuality and the Victorians

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  • Deborah Hunn

Keywords:

Virginia Woolf, sexuality, history, literature, Victorian period, Orlando

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2020-06-11

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Hunn, D. (2020). "Something Highly Contraband": Woolf, Female Sexuality and the Victorians. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 1(1), 58-66. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13295