![]() ![]() ![]() She is a novelist, short story writer, playwright, and literary historian. I liked this book because it was scholarly but made its arguments with non-academic prose, but I recognize that Inseparable is not an easy read and, because of its breadth of knowledge, can sometimes seem to wander.Įmma Donoghue was born in Ireland, educated in Ireland and England, and now lives in Canada. Lawerence, and Virginia Woolf) less well read but identifiable authors (Chaucer, Ovid in translation, Wilkie Collins, and Anthony Trollope), and some obscure authors (you’ll have your own list of authors to research) to round out her categories. ![]() She uses well-known authors (Shakespeare, Charlotte Brontë, D. How were women’s relationships depicted in plays, dramas, poetry, and novels before the 21st Century? In Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature (Knopf), Emma Donoghue reveals that authors have shown “desire between women” as accidental, mildly erotic, predatory, thoughtful, and, of course, lusty and lesbian.īoth male and female authors of diverse sexual orientations have acknowledged these desires, making the attraction between women an identifiable plot point for the last 1000 years.ĭonoghue’s well researched book defines six plot motifs and then uses a wide variety of works to demonstrate her categories. ![]() ‘Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature’ by Emma Donoghue ![]()
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