The ladies of Llangollen : desire, indeterminacy, and the legacies of criticism

The ladies of Llangollen : desire, indeterminacy, and the legacies of criticism /

"This book explores the lives and afterlives of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, whose 1778 elopement rendered them pivotal figures in the history of female same-sex desire. Butler and Ponsonby's shared life--written, performed, and enacted in the everyday--embodied a form of q...

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Main Author: Brideoake, Fiona, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Lewisburg, PA] : Lanham, Maryland ; London : Bucknell University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
Series:Transits (Bucknell University)
Subjects:
Butler, Eleanor, > Lady, > 1739-1829.
Ponsonby, Sarah, > 1755-1831.
Butler, Eleanor, > Lady, > 1739-1829 > Influence.
Ponsonby, Sarah, > 1755-1831 > Influence.
Couples > Wales > Llangollen > Biography.
Female friendship > Wales > Llangollen > History.
Upper class women > Ireland > Kilkenny (County) > Biography.
Female friendship in literature.
Lesbianism in literature.
Llangollen (Wales) > Biography.
Biographies.
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