Romantic Friendship in Victorian Literature

ISBN-13: 9781138259621 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 184 str.

Carolyn W. De La L. Oulton

Opis

Carolyn Oulton considers same-sex romantic friendships between men and women in novels and poetry by authors such as Dickens, Tennyson, Disraeli, Charlotte Brontë, and Braddon, while also tracing developments in attitudes from mid-century to the fin-de-siécle revealed in conduct manuals, periodicals, and religious treatises. Her book is a persuasive challenge to those who view mid-Victorian England, existing in a state of blissful pre-Freudian innocence, as unproblematically accommodating of passionate same-sex relationships.

Recenzje

’ One of Oulton's gifts as a writer is integrating source material seamlessly and substantially into her discussion, with only very rare footnotes. The result is an exceptionally readable account and one that is fully accessible...’ Brontë Studies ’... makes a powerful case for the recovery of a complex and contradictory ideal.’ Review of English Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter One Ennobling Genius: Writing Victorian Romantic Friendship; Chapter Two Extraordinary Reserve: The Problem of Male Friendship; Chapter Three A Right to Your Intimacy: The Ends of Female Friendship; Chapter Four Tenderest Caresses: Romantic Friendship and the Satirists; Chapter Five Sinister Meaning: Crises at the Fin de Siècle; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

O autorze

Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton is Senior Lecturer in English at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. She writes on Victorian literature and culture and is also the author of several volumes of poetry, including The Rain (2000), Left Past the Moon (2001), and Warned Against Unnecessary Journeys.