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-Katherine Philips' writing is commonly described as "homoerotic" due to the passionate female-female relationships depicted. Her life in 20th century terms could be considered an implied life of a lesbian, even though she was married from age 16 until her death at age 33.
- Katherine's writing can be characterized as having a more typical male structure of the time but she has the passion and intimacy in her writing that sets her apart from the male tradition. Her writing differs from Jane's in the way that she does not focus on a specific moral in her writing but examines her personal feelings and experiences with her lovers and friends, detailing the importance of self-expression. |
-Jane's writing was typical of what a women was supposed to write during the 18th century. She wrote satires of a sentimental novel that always had a happy ending, with a marriage. This is slightly ironic since Jane never married.
-Jane Austen has a specific reason for writing each of her novels. They portray a moral or lesson in which the reader should follow. These morals mainly have to do with men and marriage while focusing on developing the character traits needed for successful relationships.
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Both female authors despite their different writing styles and reasons for writing they both accomplished writing about the importance of having relationships and friendships with women. Many of Katherine's poems depict healthy and loving relationships with females focusing on the purity and innocence that comes through this unique passion. Throughout Jane's novels women struggle through relationships and love and marriage but one constancy is the love and friendship of a woman or sister. Both women also did not have there real names on anything as it was originally published representing the social constructs and limitations of the time and the struggle still faced by women today of having their works accepted. |
