The Overflowing of Friendship : Love Between Men and the Creation of the American Republic.
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- computer
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- 9780801895364
- 305.310973/09033
- HQ1090.3.G63 2009
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "The Friend of My Bosom": A Philadelphian Love Story -- 2 "A Settled Portion of My Happiness": Friendship, Sentiment, and Eighteenth-Century Manhood -- 3 "The Best Blessing We Know": Male Love and Spiritual Communion in Early America -- 4 "A Band of Brothers": Fraternal Love in the Continental Army -- 5 "The Overflowing of Friendship": Friends, Brothers, and Citizens in a Republic of Sympathy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Using an array of personal and public writings, The Overflowing of Friendship will transform our understanding of early American manhood as well as challenge us to reconsider the ways we think about gender in this period.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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