Founding friendships : friendships between men and women in the early American republic
Good, Cassandra AAuthor
Elite men and women in America over two hundred years ago formed loving, politically significant friendships. Abigail Adams called her friend Thomas Jefferson 'one of the choice ones on earth,' while George Washington signed a letter to his friend Elizabeth Powel with the words 'I am always Yours.' The emotionally rich language of this period is often mistaken for romance, but this book's innovative analysis of letters, diaries, poetry and novels in the past reveals that friendships between men and women were quite common.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Elite men and women in America over two hundred years ago formed loving, politically significant friendships. Abigail Adams called her friend Thomas Jefferson 'one of the choice ones on earth,' while George Washington signed a letter to his friend Elizabeth Powel with the words 'I am always Yours.' The emotionally rich language of this period is often mistaken for romance, but this book's innovative analysis of letters, diaries, poetry and novels in the past reveals that friendships between men and women were quite common.
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Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Three Stories of Friendship -- 2. Reading Friendship -- 3. Friends and Lovers -- 4. Propriety, Positioning, and the Public Face of Friendship -- 5. Friendly Letters -- 6. The Gifts of Friendship -- 7. The Power of Friendship -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Friendship
Friendship
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships
Social Sciences
Psychology