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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... Dorothy Wordsworth 38 Irregular Verses 38 Mary Matilda Betham 4I In a Letter to A. R. C. on Her Wishing to be Called Anna 41 Sydney Owenson , Lady Morgan 42 Fragment III 42 Mary Russell Mitford 44 Written in a Blank - Paper Contents xi.
... Dorothy Wordsworth 38 Irregular Verses 38 Mary Matilda Betham 4I In a Letter to A. R. C. on Her Wishing to be Called Anna 41 Sydney Owenson , Lady Morgan 42 Fragment III 42 Mary Russell Mitford 44 Written in a Blank - Paper Contents xi.
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... ( Hilda Doolittle ) 119 At Baia 119 Fragment Thirty - Six 120 Elizabeth Daryush 123 Forbidden Love 123 Katherine Mansfield 124 Friendship 124 Dorothy Wellesley , Duchess of Wellington 125 Maiden Castle Lesbia xvi Contents.
... ( Hilda Doolittle ) 119 At Baia 119 Fragment Thirty - Six 120 Elizabeth Daryush 123 Forbidden Love 123 Katherine Mansfield 124 Friendship 124 Dorothy Wellesley , Duchess of Wellington 125 Maiden Castle Lesbia xvi Contents.
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... Scudder 133 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 Dorothy Livesay 138 Arms And the Woman 138 May Sarton Contents xvii.
... Scudder 133 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 Dorothy Livesay 138 Arms And the Woman 138 May Sarton Contents xvii.
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Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire Emma Donoghue. Dorothy Livesay 138 Arms And the Woman 138 May Sarton 138 from The Autumn Sonnets 138 After All These Years 139 Love 139 140 May Swenson Poet to Tiger 140 Naomi ...
Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire Emma Donoghue. Dorothy Livesay 138 Arms And the Woman 138 May Sarton 138 from The Autumn Sonnets 138 After All These Years 139 Love 139 140 May Swenson Poet to Tiger 140 Naomi ...
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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 Brontė | 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 |