Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire Hardcover - 1997
by Emma Donoghue (Editor)
Emma Donoghue illustrates the ways in which women present their affections for each other, as childhood playmates, romantic friends, and lovers. With poems by over 100 women from all over the world, "Poems Between Women" collects four centuries of poetry between women writing in English. They are married and single, young and old, lesbian, heterosexual, or romantic friends, whose words reveal a wide range of experiences and emotions, but also chart the evolution of women's poetic expression.
From the rear cover
The collection Poems Between Women explores many facets of female-female relationships in poems not only about love or affection between or inspired by women but also about the moments that complicate and call into question the nature of sexuality and intimacy between women. Including women married and single, young and old, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual, the anthology covers historical development and changing mores through the seventeenth century, after the Restoration of Charles II, a time of relative freedom for women; the eighteenth century, when the cult of romantic friendship reached its peak; the nineteenth century, when women writers wrote about issues of same-sex desire indirectly and explored complex issues such as death in tones of weariness and resignation; and the twentieth century, when poets began to engage in more overt explorations of women's bodies, sensuality, and lovemaking. Emma Donoghue's introduction deftly guides readers into the rich tradition of women's poetry in English, exploring the relationships between poets and their muses and poets and their cultures. Poems Between Women is testimony not only to the recurring theme of the unique bonds among women but also to the universality of love, friendship, and creativity.
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- Title Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire
- Author Emma Donoghue (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition/ F
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-04
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780231109246 / 0231109245
- Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.56 x 5.81 x 0.84 in (21.74 x 14.76 x 2.13 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Sex & Gender: Lesbian
- Library of Congress subjects Erotic poetry, American, Love poetry, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96049693
- Dewey Decimal Code 821.008
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