Passions Between Women, 9781447279471
Paperback
Emma Donoghue uncovers the astonishing range of lesbian and bisexual identities described in British texts between 1668 and 1801.

Passions Between Women

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  • Paperback

    360 pages

  • Release Date

    28 August 2014

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Summary

Passions Between Women looks at stories of lesbian desires, acts and identities from the Restoration to the beginning of the nineteenth century.Far from being invisible, the figure of the woman who felt passion for women in this period was a subject of confusion and contradiction: she could be put in a freak show as a ‘hermaphrodite’, denounced as a ‘tribade’ or ‘lesbian’, revered as a ‘romantic friend’, jailed as a ‘female husband’ or gossiped about as a ‘woman-lover’, ‘tommy’ or ‘Sapphis…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781447279471
ISBN-10:1447279476
Author:Emma Donoghue
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Macmillan Bello
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:360
Release Date:28 August 2014
Weight:413g
Dimensions:203mm x 133mm x 21mm
About The Author

Emma Donoghue

Born in Dublin in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish emigrant twice over: she spent eight years in Cambridge, England, before moving to Canada’s London, Ontario. She is best known for her novels, which range from the historical (The Wonder, Slammerkin, Life Mask, The Sealed Letter) to the contemporary (Akin, Stir-Fry, Hood, Landing). Her international bestseller Room was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes; her screen adaptation, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, was nominated for four Academy Awards.

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