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How to be a Lesbian in an 18th Century Novel The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 216 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

• Motifs, characters, and situations in 18th century novels that can provide inspiration and grounding for the writing of f/f historical fiction.
• This works discussed here are mentioned in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here:
  • Memoirs of Europe (Delarivier Manley)
  • The New Atalantis (Delarivier Manley)
  • Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
  • Thérèse the Philosophe (Jean-Baptiste de Boyer)
  • L’Espion Anglois (Mathieu François Mairobert)
  • Juliette (Marquis de Sade)
  • La Religieuse (Denis Diderot)
  • Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos)
  • Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
  • Memoirs of the Life of Count de Grammont (Antoine Hamilton)
  • Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
  • various novels by Eliza Haywood
  • Lettres de Milady Juliette Catesby a Milady Henriette Campley son amie (Jeanne Riccoboni)
  • Euphemia (Charlotte Lennox)
  • Roxana (Daniel Defoe)
  • The Unaccountable Wife (Jane Barker)
  • Journey Through Every Stage of Life (Sarah Scott)
  • Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
  • Julie ou la Nouvelle Heloise (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
  • Ormond: or the Secret Witness (Charles Brockden Brown)
  • Het Land in Brieven (Elisabeth Post)
  • Paul et Virginie (Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre)
  • The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu (Erskine)

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