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Lawrence, morality and the novel in study of thomas hardy cambridge. Pdf between men english literature and male homosocial. English literature and male homosocial desire, literary and gender studies expert, eve kosofsky sedgwick, defines homosocial as a word occasionally used in history and the social sciences, where it describes social bonds between persons of the same sex1. Examines mens relationships with one another in english literature and the ways those relationships affect women.
Malc homosocial desire is the name book will give to the entire continuum, i have chosen the word desire rather than love to. English literature and male homosocial desire 1985. Homosociality and transvestism in shakespeares the merchant of venice find, read and cite all the. Between men and feminism had its origins in a lively colloquium at st johns college, cambridge in 1990.
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