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Romantic Friendship in Victorian Literature
- Editore:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
- EAN:
9781138259621
- ISBN:
1138259624
- Pagine:
- 184
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione Romantic Friendship in Victorian Literature
Carolyn Oulton considers same-sex romantic friendships between men and women in novels and poetry by authors such as Dickens, Tennyson, Disraeli, Charlotte BrontÃ', and Braddon, while also tracing developments in attitudes from mid-century to the fin-de-siécle revealed in conduct manuals, periodicals, and religious treatises. Her book is a persuasive challenge to those who view mid-Victorian England, existing in a state of blissful pre-Freudian innocence, as unproblematically accommodating of passionate same-sex relationships.
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