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How female cross-dressing intrigued the British literary world with Ula Klein

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Ula Klein Sapphic Crossings

How female cross-dressing intrigued the British literary world with Ula Klein

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Interview Timeline

Ula Lukszo Klein is Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. She recently published a book on women cross-dressing in 18th century British literature and we spoke about the book and the subject. Sapphic Crossings: Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (Peculiar Bodies) (University of Virginia Press, 2021)

Note: This episode is rated Parental Guidance due to sexual references.

0:39 – Ula talks about how she got into writing on cross-dressing in 18th century British literature.

2:19 – Ula talks about how she focuses the book.

4:37 – Ula talks about modern female cross-dressing.

7:02 – Ula talks about reasons for cross-dressing in the past.

11:26 – Ula talks about how to differentiate between lesbianism and transgender identity in historic literature.

15:26 – Ula talks about the laws at the time about cross-dressing.

18:17 – Ula talks about the clothes worn by cross-dressers.

21:24 – Ula talks about women acting on stage.

22:46 – Ula talks about men having women dress as men.

25:07 – Ula talks about hair length, tattoos, jewelry and gender.

28:18 – Ula talks about the openness of this literature.

31:31 – Ula talks about Gothic literature and cross-dressing.

33:42 – Ula talks about being surprised at how often women would find cross-dressers attractive.

36:03 – Ula talks about Joan of Arc and the Amazon myth.

38:10 – Ula talks about her research.

42:34 – Ula talks about the use of make-up.

44:30 – Ula talks about gender norms at this time.

47:54 – Ula talks about sexuality at this time.

48:54 – Ula talks about wanting to know more about the real women who cross-dressed.

52:12 – Ula talks about one story that really moved her in the research.

1:03:26 – Ula talks about how she improved her writing style.

1:06:28 – Ula talks about 18th century tourism and queer people engaged in travel.

1:10:05 – Ula is on twitter @kleinula and at sapphiccrossings.weebly.com. She also talks about painting Star Wars art.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3cuWmcM

https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5438

https://twitter.com/kleinula

https://sapphiccrossings.weebly.com/

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For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Ula Klein

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, University of Virginia Press, literary studies, non fiction,

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Where did Edgar Allan Poe live and create his masterpieces with Scott Peeples

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Scott peeples the man of the crowd

Where did Edgar Allan Poe live and create his masterpieces with Scott Peeples

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Interview Timeline

Scott Peeples is a professor of literature and has written three books on Edgar Allan Poe and has co-authored a handbook on Poe. We spoke about his latest book on Poe and his experiences in four major cities Poe lived in. Edgar Allan Poe and the City Princeton University Press, 2020

0:34 – Scott talks about why he started studying and writing about Edgar Allan Poe.

2:21 – Scott talks about the cities Poe had lived in and how it impacted his work. We touch on his Baltimore connections.

5:07 – Scott talks about the growth of the cities Poe lived in – Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.

6:33 – Scott talks about slavery in Richmond and how that may have impacted Poe’s writing.

9:39 – Scott talks about Poe’s exposure to poverty in these cities, especially Baltimore.

11:16 – Scott talks about Poe’s exposure to the rich in these cities.

12:15 – Scott talks about Poe’s ideas about ancient architecture.

14:01 – Scott talks about Poe’s writing on New York City.

16:01 – Scott talks about the city elements that Poe highlighted.

18:16 – Scott talks about the order Poe lived in the various cities and why he moved around.

20:21 – Scott talks about Poe always being on the move.

22:18 – Scott talks about the locations Poe was drawn to.

25:43 – Scott talks about Poe’s difficulties in moving his writing supplies and equipment around.

27:58 – Scott talks about where in Richmond Poe lived.

31:16 – Scott talks about the documents he had available to do this research.

33:39 – Scott talks about business documents related to Poe’s movements.

34:49 – Scott talks about when Poe become famous.

36:11 – Scott talks about the interest in Gothic poetry in Poe’s time.

38:10 – Scott talks about the Poe Society of Baltimore’s archived material.

40:23 – Scott talks about the fights Poe would get into.

42:20 – Scott talks about Poe and regionalism.

44:38 – Scott talks about Poe’s drinking.

46:35 – Scott talks about the bars and hospitals in Poe’s cities.

48:46 – Scott talks about visiting the cities Poe had lived in.

51:21 – Scott talks about Poe’s letter writing.

52:17 – Scott talks about how much writing Poe did.

54:12 – Scott talks about wishing he understood Poe’s work days better.

57:28 – Scott talks about why Poe became a writer.

59:29 – Scott talks about Poe’s rough personality.

1:01:28 – Scott talks about the effect of Poe’s early death on his celebrity.

1:02:23 – Scott talks about Poe’s opium use.

1:03:17 – Scott talks about Poe’s childhood.

1:07:16 – Scott talks about the photographs used in the book.

1:10:54 – Scott can be found @lscottpeeples on twitter and is on academia.edu

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3qo7cXD

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691182407/the-man-of-the-crowd

https://cofc.academia.edu/ScottPeeples

https://twitter.com/lscottpeeples

Contact Information

For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast.

Guests: Scott Peeples

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Princeton University Press, literature, non fiction,

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