Friendship A History

Name: Friendship A History
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ISBN: 9781845531973

ISBN-10: 1845531973

ISBN-13: 9781845531973

Edition: 2009

Authors: Barbara Caine

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With numerous academic contributions and collaborations, this title combines an analysis of the major classical philosophical texts of friendship and their continuing importance with a broader discussion of the changing ways in which friendship was understood and experienced in Europe from the Hellenic period to the present.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/16/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 436
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Barbara Caineis Director of the Centre for Biography and Life Writing and co-ordinator of masters programme in Biography and Life Writing at Monash University, Australia.



Preface


Introduction



The Classical Ideals of Friendship




Cicero on Friendship




The Latin West




Renaissance Friendships: Traditional Truths, New and Dissenting Voices




From Christian Friendship to Secular Sentimentality: Enlightenment Re-evaluations




Taking up the Pen: Women and the Writing of Friendship




Class, Sex and Friendship: The Long Nineteenth Century




New Worlds of friendship: The Early Twentieth Century




The Importance of Friends: The Most Recent Past



Bibliography


List of Contributors


Index