Catherine Allgor
In his latest work, Richard Godbeer uncovers a world of feeling hitherto ignored and misunderstood—that of passionate male friendships in the eighteenth century. Deeply and meticulously researched, powerfully and vividly written, The Overflowing of Friendship reveals a compelling picture of human connection in the past and opens a new world of love and possibility for the future.
Catherine Allgor, University of California, Riverside
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In his latest work, Richard Godbeer uncovers a world of feeling hitherto ignored and misunderstood—that of passionate male friendships in the eighteenth century. Deeply and meticulously researched, powerfully and vividly written, The Overflowing of Friendship reveals a compelling picture of human connection in the past and opens a new world of love and possibility for the future.—Catherine Allgor, University of California, Riverside
Just when it seems that new insight about the founding generation would be impossible, Richard Godbeer gives us a wholly new way of understanding that familiar group. In this brilliant and engaging blend of cultural, political, and gender history, Godbeer reveals deep forces at work behind politics in the early republic and at the same time writes a moving elegy to a lost form of male relationship.—E. Anthony Rotundo, author of American Manhood
E. Anthony Rotundo
Just when it seems that new insight about the founding generation would be impossible, Richard Godbeer gives us a wholly new way of understanding that familiar group. In this brilliant and engaging blend of cultural, political, and gender history, Godbeer reveals deep forces at work behind politics in the early republic and at the same time writes a moving elegy to a lost form of male relationship.
E. Anthony Rotundo, author of American Manhood