Female Intimacies in Seventeenth-Century French Literature |
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Author:
| Legault, Marianne |
Series title: | Women and Gender in the Early Modern World Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-283-62964-5 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $199.90 |
Book Description:
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Examining literary discourses on female intimacy in seventeenth-century France, this study explores the effect of a homosocial and homopriviledged heritage on the deployment and constructions of female friendship and homoerotic relationships as thematic narratives in works by male and female writers. It reveals a new literary genealogy of female intimate bonds and adds to the research in lesbian and queer studies, fields in which pre-eighteenth-century French literary texts are rare.
Examining literary discourses on female intimacy in seventeenth-century France, this study explores the effect of a homosocial and homopriviledged heritage on the deployment and constructions of female friendship and homoerotic relationships as thematic narratives in works by male and female writers. It reveals a new literary genealogy of female intimate bonds and adds to the research in lesbian and queer studies, fields in which pre-eighteenth-century French literary texts are rare.