Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and DesireEmma Donoghue With poems in English by over one hundred female poets -- American, English, Scottish, Canadian, South African, Indian, Irish, and Australian -- this is an extraordinary collection that pays homage to four centuries of women's desires, friendships, and expressions of love. The collection is testimony to the rich tradition of female verse and the timelessness of love and creativity. |
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... hair ' 69 Helen Hunt Jackson 70 Friends 70 Her Eyes 70 Annie Fields 71 Ephemeron 71 To , Sleeping 72 Adah Isaacs Menken Answer Me 72 Mathilde Blind 75 A Fantasy 75 72 Rosa Mulholland , Lady Gilbert 77 A Stolen Visit 77 ' Violet Fane ...
... hair ' 69 Helen Hunt Jackson 70 Friends 70 Her Eyes 70 Annie Fields 71 Ephemeron 71 To , Sleeping 72 Adah Isaacs Menken Answer Me 72 Mathilde Blind 75 A Fantasy 75 72 Rosa Mulholland , Lady Gilbert 77 A Stolen Visit 77 ' Violet Fane ...
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... Tea making 133 Elsa Gidlow 134 Relinquishment 134 Constancy 135 Philosophy 135 Alice V. Stuart 136 The Plait of Hair 136 Thelma Tyfield 137 Gifts 137 130 Dorothy Livesay 138 Arms And the Woman 138 May Sarton Contents xvii.
... Tea making 133 Elsa Gidlow 134 Relinquishment 134 Constancy 135 Philosophy 135 Alice V. Stuart 136 The Plait of Hair 136 Thelma Tyfield 137 Gifts 137 130 Dorothy Livesay 138 Arms And the Woman 138 May Sarton Contents xvii.
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Contents
Acknowledgements | xxi |
Ursula Bethell | xl |
Aphra Behn | 4 |
Anne Killigrew II | 11 |
Elizabeth Thomas | 17 |
Charlotte Lennox | 25 |
Elizabeth Hands | 28 |
Eliza Robertson | 34 |
Emily Hickey | 79 |
Sophie Jewett | 96 |
Gertrude Stein | 112 |
Marjorie Pickthall | 118 |
Katherine Mansfield | 124 |
Dorothy Wellesley Duchess of Wellington | 125 |
Ruth Pitter | 132 |
Dorothy Livesay | 138 |
Mary Matilda Betham | 41 |
Mary Russell Mitford | 44 |
Frances Kemble | 50 |
Emily Brontë | 56 |
Bessie Rayner Parkes | 63 |
Helen Hunt Jackson | 70 |
Rosa Mulholland Lady Gilbert | 77 |
Daphne Marlatt | 151 |
Mary Dorcey | 157 |
Ali Smith | 163 |
Biographical Notes | 165 |
Permissions | 195 |
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References to this book
Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain Tracy C. Davis,Ellen Donkin Limited preview - 1999 |