2010, ISBN: 0307270947

[EAN: 9780307270948], [SC: 5.0], Jacket, New York :. Knopf, 2010.Hardcover. Dustjacket. 288 pp.- From a writer of astonishing versatility and erudition, the much-admired literary critic, … More...

[EAN: 9780307270948], [SC: 5.0], Jacket, New York :. Knopf, 2010.Hardcover. Dustjacket. 288 pp.- From a writer of astonishing versatility and erudition, the much-admired literary critic, novelist, short-story writer, and scholar ("Dazzling"-The Washington Post; "One of those rare writers who seems to be able to work on any register, any time, any atmosphere, and make it her own" -The Observer), a book that explores the little-known literary tradition of love between women in Western literature, from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Agatha Christie, and many more. Emma Donoghue brings to bear all her knowledge and grasp to examine how desire between women in English literature has been portrayed, from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross-dressing knights to contemporary murder stories. Donoghue looks at the work of those writers who have addressed the "unspeakable subject," examining whether such desire between women is freakish or omnipresent, holy or evil, heartwarming or ridiculous as she excavates a long-obscured tradition of (inseparable) friendship between women, one that is surprisingly central to our cultural history.English text. Condition : as new. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780307270948. Keywords : ,, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf]<

ISBN: 9780307270948

First edition

1st/1st. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on title page (signature only). Stated 1st edition, no number line. A remainder mark on the dust jacket, which has a tiny… More...

1st/1st. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on title page (signature only). Stated 1st edition, no number line. A remainder mark on the dust jacket, which has a tiny closed tear. Base of spine softened, otherwise book essentially as new. Literary criticism by the author of 'Room' and 'Slammerkin'. A rare book, especially signed.<

ISBN: 9780307270948

From a much-admired literary critic, novelist, and scholar comes a book that illuminates the long-standing but little-known tradition of love between women in English and other Western li… More...

From a much-admired literary critic, novelist, and scholar comes a book that illuminates the long-standing but little-known tradition of love between women in English and other Western literature from the 12th century to the 21st. Media >, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf]<

ISBN: 9780307270948

From a much-admired literary critic, novelist, and scholar comes a book that illuminates the long-standing but little-known tradition of love between women in English and other Western li… More...

From a much-admired literary critic, novelist, and scholar comes a book that illuminates the long-standing but little-known tradition of love between women in English and other Western literature from the 12th century to the 21st. Media >, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf]<