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The Overflowing of Friendship - Love between Men and the Creation of the American Republic (Paperback)
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The Overflowing of Friendship - Love between Men and the Creation of the American Republic (Paperback)
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When eighteenth-century American men described "with a swelling of
the heart" their friendships with other men, addressing them as
"lovely boy" and "dearly beloved," celebrating the "ardent
affection" that knit their hearts in "indissoluble bonds of
fraternal love," their families, neighbors, and acquaintances would
have been neither surprised nor disturbed. Richard Godbeer's
groundbreaking new book examines loving and sentimental friendships
among men in the colonial and revolutionary periods. Inspired in
part by the eighteenth-century culture of sensibility and in part
by religious models, these relationships were not only important to
the personal happiness of those involved but also had broader
social, religious, and political significance. Godbeer shows that
in the aftermath of Independence, patriots drafted a central place
for male friendship in their social and political blueprint for the
new republic. American revolutionaries stressed the importance of
the family in the era of self-government, reimagining it in ways
appropriate to a new and democratized era. They thus shifted
attention away from patriarchal authority to a more egalitarian
model of brotherly collaboration. In striving to explore the inner
emotional lives of early Americans, Godbeer succeeds in presenting
an entirely fresh perspective on the personal relationships and
political structures of the period. Scholars have long recognized
the importance of same-sex friendships among women, but this is the
first book to examine the broad significance ascribed to loving
friendships among men during this formative period of American
history. 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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