I think I'm going to end up reading The Well of Loneliness for a fun (?) game of literary compare-and-contrast with Extraordinary Women and The Friendly Young Ladies. This may end in regret.
I actually did find American Manhood quite useful for the project I'm working on, but I would also absolutely read a whole entire book which was entirely focused on Romantic Friendships of Nineteenth Century Youths. It need not have any deep thoughts about the history of friendship or the development of ideas about human sexuality or anything, really. No thesis! Only snuggling, sharing confidences, holding hands by the fire, dancing together, and walking arm in arm by the riverside in moonlight!
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Date: 2022-04-20 07:17 pm (UTC)I actually did find American Manhood quite useful for the project I'm working on, but I would also absolutely read a whole entire book which was entirely focused on Romantic Friendships of Nineteenth Century Youths. It need not have any deep thoughts about the history of friendship or the development of ideas about human sexuality or anything, really. No thesis! Only snuggling, sharing confidences, holding hands by the fire, dancing together, and walking arm in arm by the riverside in moonlight!