02945nam a2200433 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020004000149020004300189020003500232020003800267040002100305035002100326043001200347050002600359082002600385100002700411245011600438260005300554300002200607504006600629505036200695520095801057533015202015650002902167650003702196650003202233650003202265650002502297655002902322710001702351856012602368999001702494ebr10320502CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||060616s2007    njua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2006020026  aGBA6858042bnb7 z0135728512Uk  z0691128200 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z9780691128207 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z0691128359 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z9780691128351 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)437268351  ae-uk-en14aHQ1599.E5bM37 2007eb04a306.84/80942090342221 aMarcus, Sharon,d1966-10aBetween womenh[electronic resource] :bfriendship, desire, and marriage in Victorian England /cSharon Marcus.  aPrinceton :bPrinceton University Press,cc2007.  ax, 356 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-346) and index.0 aThe female relations of Victorian England -- Friendship and the play of the system -- Just reading: female friendship and the marriage plot -- Dressing up and dressing down the feminine plaything -- The female accessory in Great expectations -- The genealogy of marriage -- Contracting female marriage in Can you forgive her? -- Woolf, Wilde and girl dates.  aWomen in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. A few had sexual relationships with each other, exchanged rings and vows, willed each other property, and lived together in long-term partnerships described as marriages. But, as Sharon Marcus shows, these women were not seen as gender outlaws. Their desires were fanned by consumer culture and their friendships and unions were accepted and even encouraged by family, society, and church. Far from being sexless angels defined only by male desires, Victorian women openly enjoyed looking at and even dominating other women. Their friendships helped realize the ideal of companionate love between men and women celebrated by novels, and their unions influenced politicians and social thinkers to reform marriage law.--From publisher description.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aWomenzEnglandxHistory. 0aWomenxSocial networkszEngland. 0aLesbianszEnglandxHistory. 0aFemale friendshipzEngland. 0aWomen in literature. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10320502zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c60890d60890