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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... pearls ' 67 ' Wild Nights - Wild Nights ! ' 68 " " Heaven " - is what I cannot reach ! ' ' I showed her Heights she never saw ' ' Her face was in a bed of hair ' 69 Helen Hunt Jackson 70 68 69 Friends 70 Her Eyes 70 Annie Fields 71 ...
... pearls ' 67 ' Wild Nights - Wild Nights ! ' 68 " " Heaven " - is what I cannot reach ! ' ' I showed her Heights she never saw ' ' Her face was in a bed of hair ' 69 Helen Hunt Jackson 70 68 69 Friends 70 Her Eyes 70 Annie Fields 71 ...
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... Pearl 86 Lizette Woodworth Reese 86 Nocturne 86 To a Dead Friend 87 A. Mary F. Robinson 87 Rosa Rosarum 87 Edith Nesbit 89 To Vera , Who Asked a Song 89 Katharine Lee Bates 90 ' Even as this globe shall gleam and disappear ' 90 Mary ...
... Pearl 86 Lizette Woodworth Reese 86 Nocturne 86 To a Dead Friend 87 A. Mary F. Robinson 87 Rosa Rosarum 87 Edith Nesbit 89 To Vera , Who Asked a Song 89 Katharine Lee Bates 90 ' Even as this globe shall gleam and disappear ' 90 Mary ...
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... Brand 160 from hard against the soul ( X ) 160 Carol Ann Duffy 161 Warming Her Pearls 161 Jackie Kay 162 Pounding Rain 162 Ali Smith 163 Genesis 163 Biographical Notes 165 Permissions 195 Index of Poets 201 Index Contents xix.
... Brand 160 from hard against the soul ( X ) 160 Carol Ann Duffy 161 Warming Her Pearls 161 Jackie Kay 162 Pounding Rain 162 Ali Smith 163 Genesis 163 Biographical Notes 165 Permissions 195 Index of Poets 201 Index Contents xix.
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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 |