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Finnagain interviews Dr. Caroline Duvezin-Caubet on queerness in neo-victorian romances and her recent paper titled “Gaily Ever After”. The conversation covers about changing depictions of queerness within this setting, and the ways authors bring happily ever after to queer characters within the constraints of Victorian England.

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• Interview with Caroline Duvezin-Caubet: Queerness in Neo-Victorian Literature (1:38:40)↑
  Consulting Fans: Finnagain,  Caroline Duvezin-Caubet, Producer/Editor: FinnagainFollow Caroline’s work (and fandom) on twitter.Books cited:
  • Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
  • The French Lieutenant Woman by John Fowles
  • Possession by A.S. Byatt
  • Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd
  • Tipping the velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith by Sarah Water
  • It Takes Two to Tumble, by Cat Sebastian
  • Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
  • Frederica by Georgette Heyer
  • Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
  • An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles
  • The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles

  Related Articles:

  • Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies
  • Kohlke, Marie-Luise and Gutleben, Christian “Introducing Neo-Victorian Family Matters”. Neo-Victorian Families: Gender, Sexual and Cultural Politics.
  • Regis, Pamela. A Natural History of the Romance Novel.
  • Sebastian, Cat. “The Heyer Problem – A History of Privilege” in Essays on the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer.
  • Alexander, Corey, “Review of Unmasked by the Marquess”. Corey’s Book Corner.
  • Rictor Norton’s resources on 18th and 19th Gay History and Literature

This segment was first released on June 1, 2019 in Episode 93: Pride in the Queerness of His Name.

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