Description: Contributors and editors of an upcoming issue of Legacy, focusing primarily on long-nineteenth-century women-authored texts, rework our understanding of the intellectual tradition of queer thought in American literature to better include women’s literature, accounting for its underrecognized influence on sexually progressive thought. Authors discussed include Dunbar-Nelson, Freeman, Harper, and Wilhelm.

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Speakers

Elizabeth Blake, Clark U

Emily Coccia, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Brigitte Fielder, U of Wisconsin, Madison

Valerie Rohy, U of Vermont

Kirin Wachter-Grene, School of the Art Inst. of Chicago

Presider

Susan Tomlinson, U of Massachusetts, Boston

Respondent

Timothy Griffiths, Penn State U, University Park

Susan Tomlinson, U of Massachusetts, Boston