551 Charlotte Lennox and The Female Quixote (Forgotten Women of Literature 8) | My Last Book with Laura Marris and Alice Kaplan

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Jacke takes a look at the life and works of eighteenth-century novelist Charlotte Lennox, whose poetry, plays, novels, and criticism earned her the approbation of the best literary minds of her day. Best known for The Female Quixote, a parody of Cervantes that later inspired Jane Austen, and Shakespear Illuminated, a pioneering feminist critique of Shakespeare's use of his sources (and frequent diminishment of his female characters), Lennox combined an active intelligence with an unusual fearlessness. PLUS Jacke talks to Camus scholars Laura Marris and Alice Kaplan, co-authors of States of Plague: Reading Camus in a Pandemic, about their choices for the last book they will ever read. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.0	Hello, she was once called the first American novelist, but this strikes me as a bit
1:15.6	of a reach by well-intentioned but mistaken American scholars.
1:20.6	They're eager to claim Charlotte Lennox and I don't blame them.
1:24.6	She's a fascinating figure, a highly successful 18th century novelist lauded by the elder
1:30.7	statesmen of the literary world of her day, and a pioneering critic.
1:36.4	She's the author of the female keyode, a book that would be worth a look on the title
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