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Oct 8, 2023 · An absolute classic of lesbian literature, but largely forgotten among English-speaking audiences. One of the first novels not to depict lesbianism as a result of poor upbringing. So important in Weimar Germany's gay circles that one of the first lesbian societies ever was named after it.
The Scorpion is a masterpiece, an arresting novel of queer love and frustrated desire, a tender and heartbreaking coming of age, a lost queer classic, written by a gay woman who knew the worlds of which she wrote intimately and saw the people around her with astonishing clarity.
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Nov 21, 2015 · Pioneering novel of lesbian literature, first published in 1919. Bibliographies of the trilogy are somewhat inexact, but this edition is apparently the first two volumes of Der Skorpion, telling the bourgeois upbringing of Metta Rudloff, her early love for Olga Rado, and the suffering Metta must endure....
Weirauch was an important figure for lesbians in Germany in the early 1900s, as well as for lesbians in the 1970s-1980s following an English translation. [1] Her most well-known work is Der Skorpion, which was a significant piece of lesbian literature which broke from traditional peers in the genre.
Jul 26, 2024 · Imported from Scriblio MARC record. Skorpion by Anna Elisabet Weirauch, 1975, Arno Press edition, in English.
Jan 31, 2013 · The Scorpion - Kindle edition by Weirauch, Anna Elisabet. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Scorpion.
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Jan 10, 2024 · Der Skorpion. Band 1. by. Weirauch, Anna Elisabet (1887-1970) Publication date. 1919. Topics. fiction, out-of-print, lesbians, Weimar Republic. Collection. opensource. Language. German. Der erste Band erzählt die Geschichte der Liebe, der Leidenschaft zweier junger Mädchen zueinander, die beide reizvolle, geistig hochstehende Menschen sind.
