Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and DesireEmma Donoghue 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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Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire Emma Donoghue. Daphne Marlatt Coming to you Pat Parker 152 ISI ISI For Willyce 152 Minnie Bruce Pratt 152 Bury and Dig 152 Cheryl Clarke 153 Nothing 153 Olga Broumas 154 Song / for ...
Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire Emma Donoghue. Daphne Marlatt Coming to you Pat Parker 152 ISI ISI For Willyce 152 Minnie Bruce Pratt 152 Bury and Dig 152 Cheryl Clarke 153 Nothing 153 Olga Broumas 154 Song / for ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | xxi |
Emily Hickey | xxxi |
Ursula Bethell ΙΙΟ | xl |
Daphne Marlatt | xliii |
Aphra Behn | 4 |
Anne Killigrew II | 11 |
Charlotte Lennox | 25 |
Elizabeth Hands | 28 |
Helen Hunt Jackson | 70 |
Rosa Mulholland Lady Gilbert | 77 |
Michael Field | 81 |
Edith Nesbit | 89 |
Sophie Jewett | 96 |
Gertrude Stein | 112 |
Dorothy Wellesley Duchess of Wellington | 125 |
Dorothy Livesay | 138 |
Eliza Robertson | 34 |
Mary Matilda Betham | 41 |
Mary Russell Mitford | 44 |
Frances Kemble | 50 |
Emily Brontë | 56 |
Bessie Rayner Parkes | 63 |
Pat Parker | 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 |