Review of The Man Who Thought Himself a Woman, ed Christopher Looby

Authors

Carrie D. Shanafelt, Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityFollow

Author Biography

Carrie Shanafelt is Associate Professor of Literature and Philosophy at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is the author of Uncommon Sense: Jeremy Bentham, Queer Aesthetics, and the Politics of Taste (Univ. of Virginia Press, 2022).

Abstract

Christopher Looby's anthology of queer nineteenth-century American short stories is a fascinating collection of both obscure and familiar texts that together constitute a powerful argument for the queerness of the short story and for the centrality of queerness to American literary aesthetics.

Keywords

queer, short stories, American, nineteenth century, gender

Recommended Citation

Shanafelt, Carrie D. (2022) "Review of The Man Who Thought Himself a Woman, ed Christopher Looby," ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830: Vol.12: Iss.1, Article 11.
http://doi.org/10.5038/2157-7129.12.1.1299
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/abo/vol12/iss1/11