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HIATUS ENCORE: The Woman of Colour: A Tale with Leigh-Michil George
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Published anonymously six years prior to Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park—yet largely ignored for two centuries—the Regency-era epistolary novel The Woman of Colour: A Tale is the only one of its kind to feature a racially-conscious Black heroine at its center. Dr. Leigh-Michil George, a lecturer in the English Department at Geffen Academy at UCLA, joins us to discuss the novel and its historical importance as well as its influence on Regency-era television adaptations of Sanditon and Bridgerton.
Discussed in this episode:
The Woman of Colour: A Tale by Anonymous (Broadview Press)
Sanditon (PBS)
Bridgerton (Netflix)
Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
“Black People in Britain During the Regency” (National Portrait Gallery)
“The Abolition of Slavery in Britain” (Historic UK)
Olivia Carpenter (University of York)
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216 episoade
Manage episode 394239083 series 2805882
Published anonymously six years prior to Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park—yet largely ignored for two centuries—the Regency-era epistolary novel The Woman of Colour: A Tale is the only one of its kind to feature a racially-conscious Black heroine at its center. Dr. Leigh-Michil George, a lecturer in the English Department at Geffen Academy at UCLA, joins us to discuss the novel and its historical importance as well as its influence on Regency-era television adaptations of Sanditon and Bridgerton.
Discussed in this episode:
The Woman of Colour: A Tale by Anonymous (Broadview Press)
Sanditon (PBS)
Bridgerton (Netflix)
Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
“Black People in Britain During the Regency” (National Portrait Gallery)
“The Abolition of Slavery in Britain” (Historic UK)
Olivia Carpenter (University of York)
For episodes and show notes, visit:
LostLadiesofLit.com
Discuss episodes on our Facebook Forum.
Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit.
Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew.
Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com
Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast
216 episoade
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