Dr. Beth Cortese

Assistant Professor in Restoration and 18th Century Literature. Women's writing. Member of the Unearned Wealth Project. PhD on women's wit in comedy.

[AphraBehnConference2024 @AphraConference]

Oh my word. She’s amazing! Come to Canterbury for our July conference and see the new statue of Aphra Behn stand proudly in the city she grew up.

[ABO: Journal @ABOwomeninarts]

Call for Papers: Conversations on “The Eighteenth Century and Reproductive Rights.” This “Conversations” cluster is focused on what is unfolding in the United States regarding reproductive rights as well as different locations across the globe. See the attached CFP with alt text.

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Fabulous job opportunity to work on an edited collection of Anne Radcliffe´s works with Professor Angela Wright. See here for more details https://t.co/UifHiqg13E

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@InesGLabarta @djdaisyjohnson @LaEnriquez1973 I recently discovered Daisy Johnson´s collection The Hotel. I love her writing. Totally agree about how her representation of women is nuanced. Also loved how there was something connecting/drawing them to the hotel.

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@_jessticulates Can´t wait to read it /hear about it soon.

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Looking forward to the Iceland Writers Retreat this week @icelandwriters #iwr2022 #irr2022

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@InesGLabarta @Cult_Lit @Decjl @ruth_anne_18 Being part of a writing group also helps to motivate me and to have the time set aside. I recently read about some academics making their individual writing time a scheduled meeting in outlook.

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@InesGLabarta @Cult_Lit @Decjl @ruth_anne_18 I tend to do my creative writing in the evenings and on weekends, although sticking to a strict schedule can be challenging. I set aside a chunk of time and start small, half an hour or an hour. I usually find that I write for much longer than that.

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@emi_rowe @ECW_UoM Congratulations!

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Including metadata in filenames of Restoration comedies (MP for male playwright) produces some creative rapper and MC names...

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New article out from the ´Unearned Wealth: A Literary History of Inheritance project´ at Aarhus University on Richardson´s Clarissa,discussing the expectations of and obligations placed on donors and beneficiaries.https://t.co/9G0AHfEdax

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A blogpost I wrote about fabulous comic playwright Elizabeth Polwhele https://t.co/njE3hdFhH8

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@egan_cl @earlymodatLancs Fabulous dress! I like the coordination

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Anyone else have the urge to re-enact the battle in Canto V of Pope´s The Rape of the Lock? Throwing snuff around sounds fun! The ability to kill with a frown sounds more challenging though...if you know any suppliers of snuff let me know..

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Canterbury are commissioning sculptors to design a statute of the first professional female playwright Aphra Behn to be displayed in the city. They need funds to make this happen. Here is the link to donate https://t.co/7SZvNP2BHx

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Enjoying listening to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s guest lecture on feminism at the Literature festival at @Haskoli_Islands with the GEST gender and equality studies training progamme.

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@docfantasy_ Perhaps this is up your street, if you haven´t already seen it? https://t.co/LJj0bsOkIh

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Line Cottegnies and Louise Fang's special issue on early modern cheating and gambling is out! Louise and I have articles in the special issue about gambling men and women on the Restoration and Eighteenth-Century stage. https://t.co/nEX2hzQKqM

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Join us in gorgeous Uppsala for the @DHiNorden #DHNB2022 conference @dhuppsala @uppsalauni @UppsalaUniLib CFP now open! All your abstracts belong to us 👾https://t.co/nsDvda5twl