Perfecting Friendship: Politics and Affiliation in Early American LiteratureContemporary notions of friendship regularly place it in the private sphere, associated with feminized forms of sympathy and affection. As Ivy Schweitzer explains, however, this perception leads to a misunderstanding of American history. In an exploration |
Contents
The Renascence of Friendship A Story of American Social and Political Life | 1 |
Smoke and Mirrors A History of Equality and Interchangeability in Friendship Theory | 27 |
Familiar Commerce John Winthrops Modell of American Affiliation | 73 |
Hannah Webster Fosters Coquette Resurrecting Friendship from the Tomb of Marriage | 103 |
Eat Your Heart Out James Fenimore Coopers Male Romance and the American Myth of Interracial Friendship | 133 |
The Ethical Horizon of American Friendship in Catharine Sedgwicks Hope Leslie | 165 |
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Perfecting Friendship: Politics and Affiliation in Early American Literature Ivy Schweitzer No preview available - 2006 |
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