Love, Sex, Intimacy and Friendship Between Men, 1550-1800
Contributors: Katherine O'Donnell (Editor); Michael O'Rourke (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780333997437
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Family & relationships; Gay studies (Gay men); Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Gender Studies; History: World; Western Continental Europe; Gay Studies; Men's Studies - Masculinity; Modern - General; Social Science / Men's Studies; Men's Studies - General; Gay men; History; Male friendship
First sentence: The coining of neologisms, especially when they are polysyllabic and appear pathological to the eye, is a fraught business; all the more so when the new words seem to derive from disciplines or subject fields (philosophical, medical, historical, aesthetic).