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Queer Friendship
George E. Haggerty
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2018-03-29
主題
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / LGBTQ
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies
ISBN
1108418759
9781108418751
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=z81MDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.