Space and Irish Lesbian Fiction offers an original and much needed study of Irish Lesbian fiction, evaluating a wide body of Irish lesbian fiction ranging from the Victorian era to the contemporary age.

Amy Jeffrey holds a PhD in Irish literature from Queen's University Belfast, where she has taught for several years. She has published widely in the field of Irish studies, women's and LGBTQ+ writing and culture. Her work has appeared in Intertexts: A Journal of Comparative and Theoretical Reflection and The Journal of International Women's Studies. In 2019 her work was shortlisted by the Feminist and Women's Studies Association postgraduate essay competition. Amy is also a writer of horror fiction and contributes regularly to Bindweed Literary Magazine.

Introduction: 'It was not in the light we lived, but in the spaces between - in the darkness'

Chapter One: Inversion and queer liminality in the Nineteenth-century

Chapter Two: Liminal spaces and minority communities in the Twentieth-century

Chapter Three: Embracing queer liminal space in the late Twentieth-century

Chapter Four: (Liminal?) lesbians in the mainstream: 'Popular' lesbian fiction

Conclusion: The lesbian death (bed): Contemporary 'queer' Irish and Northern Irish writing