Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire by Emma Donoghue

Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire

Emma Donoghue

This book gathers the work of more than 100 female poets, of primarily British and American descent, since the 17th century. Emma Donoghue’s astute introductory essay suggests a coherent tradition between the poetry of pre-20th-century romantic friendships and explicit contemporary lesbian poetry. She includes work by well-known writers such as Aphra Behn, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Adrienne Rich, and Audre Lorde, and also introduces the work of lesser-known historical writers. The brief biographies of the poets at the end of the book illustrate not only the varied backgrounds of these writers working outside the mainstream, but also the kinds of networks and alliances they formed to sustain one another.

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ISBN 231109253
Genre Poetry
Publication Date Feb-99
Publisher Columbia University Press
Editor Emma Donoghue
Format Paperback
No. of Pages 256
Language English
Rating NotRated
Editor Emma Donoghue
BookID 9978

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