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An 8 page paper which examines the poetry
of Katherine Philips and discusses whether its portrayal of female friendship is bold or
transgressive poetry. The paper focuses on how her poetry regarding female friendship is
transgressive. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAphilip.rtf
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founder of a group of artists who adhered to the power of friendship. Many argue that her poems are incredibly transgressive as they argue her female friendships, portrayed in poetry,
spoke of homosexuality. In truth, her poems spoke of mere friendship as well as possible homosexual relationships. As such, we can perhaps more actively argue that her poems were transgressive
more than bold, though they served to be both. In the following paper we examine some of the poems of Katherine Philips and argue that the poems are far more
transgressive than they are merely bold. Poetry of Katherine Philips "Katherine Fowler was born in London to a merchant class family. She was educated in boarding school and was
married at age 16 to James Philip, a man of 54" (Anonymous Katherine Fowler Philips k_philip.html). James was one to greatly encourage Katherine in her literary pursuits, and "in general,
left her to her own affairs. She spent her time in London, while he stayed primarily on the coast of Wales" (Anonymous Katherine Fowler Philips k_philip.html). she gave birth to
two children, one of whom died as an infant. "Katherine developed an organization of women that she called The Society of Friendship, within which the members each assumed classical
pseudonyms. Katherine was known as Orinda," and in her "her poetry, she referred to herself and her friends using their pseudonyms" (Anonymous Katherine Fowler Philips k_philip.html). Her poetry was greatly
admired in her time, unlike many poets who go unheard or unnoticed for many years. She was often referred to as "The Matchless Orinda," and "While most of her poetry
was about her women lovers and was sensual in nature, the poems were viewed as expressions of platonic love, rather than sexual love" (Anonymous Katherine Fowler Philips k_philip.html). In this
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