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Explores the history of the erotic friendships of educated English and American women over the 150-year period leading up to the 1928 publication of Radclyffe Hall's landmark novel, The Well of Loneliness. This book explores all-female communities, liaisons between younger and older women, the female rake, and even mother-daughter affection.

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"Passionate, erudite, and deeply researched, Intimate Friends puts erotic desire at center stage in the history of women who loved women. Martha Vicinus tells compelling stories of female husbands and rakes, devoted daughters and cross-dressing inverts, changing forever the way we think about lesbian history." - Leila Rupp, author of A Desired Past"

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9780226855646, 978-0226855646
      ISBN10: 0226855643

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the history of the erotic friendships of educated English and American women over the 150-year period leading up to the 1928 publication of Radclyffe Hall's landmark novel, The Well of Loneliness. This book explores all-female communities, liaisons between younger and older women, the female rake, and even mother-daughter affection.

      Trade Review
      "Passionate, erudite, and deeply researched, Intimate Friends puts erotic desire at center stage in the history of women who loved women. Martha Vicinus tells compelling stories of female husbands and rakes, devoted daughters and cross-dressing inverts, changing forever the way we think about lesbian history." - Leila Rupp, author of A Desired Past"

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