Female friendship in eighteenth-century English literature [ Feelings & Emotions ]
… as true spiritual companionship between pure and innocent souls, sometimes demonised as a devious façade for unnatural sexual desire. As opposed to men’s friendships, which centred on socialising in the public sphere, forms of attachment … was often missing in their relationships with men. Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Keywords Conflict Friendship Gender Sex Women The English literature of the long eighteenth century offers abundant portraits of female friendship as a … as true spiritual companionship between pure and innocent souls, sometimes demonised as a devious façade for unnatural sexual desire, but always giving us readers valuable insight into women’s lives at that period. Whether it is through …
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