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History and Historic Fiction with Janet Todd - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 46c
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History and Historic Fiction with Janet Todd The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 46c with Heather Rose Jones
A chat with historian and historical novelist Janet Todd.
In this episode we talk about:
- ”Masks” and performativity among 17th century writers
- Does the concept of “bisexuality” make sense in earlier centuries?
- How the ability to write about desire changed over the centuries
- Parallels between Aphra Behn and Mary Wollstonecraft
- Other authors of interest
- Passionate friends, romantic friends, intimate friends, and lovers: the long tradition of same-sex friendship
- Class and “lesbian celebritites” between the world wars
- Is it possible to write historic fiction that’s true to the setting and appealing to the modern reader?
- Fashions in historical fiction and historical movies
- Janet Todd’s advice to aspiring historical novelists
- Books mentioned
- Don’t You Know There’s a War On? by Janet Todd
- Aphra Behn: A Secret Life by Janet Todd
- Counterfeit Ladies: The Life and Death of Moll Cutpurse and the Case of Mary Carleton by Elizabeth Spearing and Janet Todd
- Mary: A Fiction by Mary Wollstonecraft
- Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
- Women’s Friendship in Literature by Janet Todd
- Lady Susan Plays the Game by Janet Todd (Jane Austen fan-fic)
- The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Charlotte Brontë fan-fic)
- The Mirror and the Light (Wolf Hall #3) by Hilary Mantel
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Aphra Behn
- A transcript of this podcast is pending.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Janet Todd Online
- Website: Janet Todd
- Books: Janet Todd’s Amazon page
- Twitter: @Jan_Todd
- Facebook: Janet Todd
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