From Chaucer and Shakespeare, Sade, Balzac, Thomas Hardy and Radclyffe Hall to Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith and Sarah Waters, Inseparable is a landmark exploration of love between women in Western literature, and a highly entertaining investigation of the "unspeakable subject."Įditorial Reviews Donoghue's adroit commentary, along with her chronologically organized bibliography, makes Inseparable necessary for scholars and enlightening and often amusing for anyone else. Donoghue excavates the long-obscured tradition of friendship between women, one that is surprisingly central to our cultural history. Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature Paperback details from bookaddaĮmma Donoghue, consummate scholar and novelist of astonishing originality, examines how desire between women in literature has been portrayed?from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross-dressing knights to contemporary murderesses.
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