An edition of Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love between Women from the Renaissance to the Present
(1981)
Surpassing the love of men
romantic friendship and love between women from the sixteenth century to the present
1st ed.
by Lillian Faderman
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October 27, 2025 | History
A classic of its kind, this fascinating cultural history draws on everything from private correspondence to pornography to explore five hundred years of friendship and love between women.Surpassing the Love of Men throws a new light on shifting theories of female sexuality and the changing status of women over the centuries.
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Draws a variety of sources from the writings of Henry James to the Ladies Home Journal to explore 500 years of friendship and love between women and to cast light on shifting female sexuality theories. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award. Reissue.
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