Peculiar Bodies: Stories and Histories
Questioning the body as the historical subject of experiences “peculiar” to it, this series examines the myriad forms of the body—healthy, diseased, athletic, crippled, alluring, pious—across all disciplines, periods, and geographic contexts. The series embraces a range of historical, literary, and philosophical methodologies and theories around the idea of “the body.”
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Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals
Amputee Officers in Nelson’s Navy
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Beyond the Moulin Rouge
The Life and Legacy of La Goulue
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Sapphic Crossings
Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
Across the eighteenth century in Britain, readers, writers, and theater-goers were fascinated by women who dressed in men’s clothing—from actresses on stage who showed their shapely legs to advantage in men’s breeches to stories of valiant female soldiers and ruthless female pirates. Spanning… More
Sight Correction
Vision and Blindness in Eighteenth-Century Britain
The debut publication in a new series devoted to the body as an object of historical study, Sight Correction provides an expansive analysis of blindness in eighteenth-century Britain, developing a new methodology for conceptualizing sight impairment. Beginning with a reconsideration of the place… More
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