Female Intimacies in Seventeenth-Century French Literature

by Marianne Legault

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138262234
• ISBN13: 9781138262232
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"