Female friendship in eighteenth-century English literature [ Feelings & Emotions ]
… to men’s friendships, which centred on socialising in the public sphere, forms of attachment among women were associated with the intimate and the private. Whether it is through the refinement of romantic odes to female friends, the … of lesbian desire, fictional portraits of female friendship in the long eighteenth century seem to have provided women with the intellectual stimulus, the emotional support and the spiritual fulfilment that was often missing in their relationships with men. Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Keywords Conflict Friendship Gender Sex Women The English literature of the long …
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