This Pride Month, we've assembled a reading list of queer histories and queer theory.
‘The Scottish picaresque as environmental justice’ by Denys Van Renen
The Scottish picaresque as environmental justice, written by Denys Van Renen, has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This blog post highlights its intervention as the first book-length study to analyze the genre of the picaresque as drawing attention to how the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century iterations of it respond to environmental disasters. Ultimately, the economic precarity of the genre’s low-born characters renders them more attuned to environmental precarity.
‘The Black Legend of Spain and its Atlantic Empire in the Eighteenth Century’ by Catherine M. Jaffe and Karen Stolley
The Black Legend of Spain and its Atlantic Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Constructing National Identities, edited by Catherine M. Jaffe and Karen Stolley, has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This blog post explores the enduring impact of the "Black Legend," a narrative portraying Spain and its empire as cruel and intolerant, examining its historical roots, global dissemination, and influence on national identities, cultural stereotypes, and modern debates about colonialism and memory.
The Process of Enlightenment: Essays by and inspired by Hans Erich Bödeker
The Process of Enlightenment: Essays by and inspired by Hans Erich Bödeker, edited by Ere Nokkala and Jonas Gerlings, has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This is the first English book on the work of the renowned German Enlightenment scholar, Hans Erich Bödeker. Along with the translation of some of … Continue reading
Pride Month 2024 Reading List
This Pride Month, we've put together a selection of books and journal articles which can help us learn about queerness and queer representation - from Trans-ing the enlightenment to new translations of classic Latin American Literature.
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