Queer Friendship: Male Intimacy in the English Literary Tradition

By: George E. Haggerty

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Synopsis: Friendship in the classical world was celebrated as among the highest human achievements: nothing was more likely to lead to the divine than looking for it in the eyes of a friend. In exploring the complexities of male-male relations beyond the simple labels of sexuality, Queer Friendship shows how love between men has a rich and varied history in English literature. The friend could offer a reflection of one's own worth and a celebration of a kind of mutuality that was not connected to family or home. These same-sex friendships are memorable because they give shape to the novels of which they are a part, and question the assumption that the love between friends is different from the love between lovers. Queer Friendship explores English literary friendship in three ways: the elegiac, the erotic, and the platonic, by considering a myriad of works, including Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Tennyson's 'In Memoriam A. H. H.', and Dickens' Great Expectations.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781108311281
Related ISBNs:: 9781108418751, 9781108418751
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:: 06/15/18
Copyrighted By:: George E. Haggerty
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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