Title: Friendship and Its Discourses in the Seventeenth Century
Description: Cedric C. Brown presents an account of the immense importance of friendship bonds to early modern society. Drawing on new archival research, he acknowledges a wide range of types of friendship, from the intimate to the obviously instrumental, and sees these practices as often coterminous with gift exchange.
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Friendship in literature, English literature, History and criticism, Early modern