Description: The essays in this volume explore female emotional and social relationships in literary, cinematographic, and artistic contexts. These intimate unions offer a reflection on different historical and cultural milieus as well as the universal human need for friendship.
Brief description: Michael Eskin has taught at University of Cambridge, UK and Columbia University, USA. He is a critic, translator, philosopher and publisher, and his books include Ethics and Dialogue in the Works of Levinas, Bakhtin, Mandel'shtam, and Celan (2000), Poetic Affairs: Celan, Grünbein, Brodsky (2008), The DNA of Prejudice: On the One and the Many (2010), Descartes der Metapher: Neun Tauchgänge ins Dichterdasein Durs Grünbeins (2022), and Childhood: An Essay on the Human Condition (2024).
Review Quotes: "After years of critical neglect, the topic of female friendship in art and life is finally receiving the attention it so richly deserves. Female Friendship is a welcome addition to the growing scholarly fascination with this subject. This collection offers a varied and fresh look at what has made women appreciate, need, and support each other over the centuries. Writing across genres and continents, the scholars included in the volume add their voices to the vital and ongoing conversation about not only the remarkable value of female alliances, but also the significant challenges and transformations they must withstand to survive." --Margarita Marinova, Christopher Newport University