Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire

Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire

ByEve Kosofsky Sedgwick
1985 • 264 pages

Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies to Tennyson's "Princess."

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Gender and Culture Series is a 9-book series first released in 1985 with contributions by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Terry Castle, and Rosi Braidotti.

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