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Anna Wilson

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Assistant Professor of English @ Harvard. Medieval literature, queer theory, fan fiction & fan studies. She/her. Support trans rights. http://www.drannawilson.com/

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi new followers! I work on medieval literature, fanfiction, the history of reading and rewriting, adaptation, reception, medievalism, and queer theory. I'm currently writing a book about medieval writers who were fannish and their modern fandoms. #medievalsky

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 2h

Fantastic!! Congratulations!

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 2h

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 6h

a) an English degree does not prevent you from getting and doing a [scare quote] real job [scare quote]
b) there are things, goals, and values in the world other than money
but also c) last year the publishing industry's estimated worth to the UK economy was ELEVEN BILLION QUID.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 9h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies @acmrs.bsky.social · 20h

Love: A RaceB4Race Symposium is now open for registration!

What does it mean to love in a time of turmoil, and what can the premodern world teach us about this? How do we negotiate loving a being, a nation, a profession that fails to love us back?

na.eventscloud.com/raceb4race-l...

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations!

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Cool!

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 1d

(Which book are you talking about?)

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!! It works so often! "I visited my father's plantation and married a woman in whose blood the taint of madness ran!" ... "no indeed, I was basely deceived by her family"

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, obviously that should have been tagged #pamela

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 1d

"The innkeeper's daughter I seduced was so affected by her childbed agonies that she has taken passage on a ship and left our child in my care!"
"Jamaica?"
Etc

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, where did he write about it?

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 1d

#Pamela I don't know why more novels don't have their characters frequently request to read the novel they are in and then say how good it is, how wise, how likely to be on the NYT bestseller list, etc

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 2d

#Pamela oh good, now we're being treated to a lecture by the rapist about the correct times to eat meals.

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 2d

#Pamela this book's attitude to marriage is so inconsistent and bizarre. I don't know why this shocked me the most so far, but Pamela agreeing that Mr B should "give Mrs Jewkes to John" and mandate between his servants a clearly unsuitable marriage really got me. It's so immoral and heartless.

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 3d

A friend notified me of the existence of this perfect Pamela fanfic. archiveofourown.org/works/41702337

The End - duchessio - Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5d

Wow! I don't think I've ever had that happen!

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5d

I just rewatched it and it's still so good. I forgot that the top of his scepter is a radio...

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5d

What's really interesting me here is how visibly Pamela is the ancestor of Jane Eyre. The latter is a much better book in so many ways but a lot of its essential elements are already in Pamela.

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5d

Pamela update: volume 2 makes the bold choice to have zero action and to spend pages and pages of Pamela and B harping on about her condition, virtue, clothes, and wedding date, while occasionally a Foreboding appears. It's so boring, but the hope remains that something bad will happen.

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5d

Do you often have mothers visit the class?!

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5d

That always used to make me laugh so much, I don't know why it isn't as famous as some of their others, except I suppose it's more niche humor.

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 5d

lol

Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 6d

I'm now reading Pamela with a sort of queasy horror. Mr B just read her poem about being imprisoned by him to the ladies in their company to great applause.

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Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social · 6d

Love this for you

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · 7d

Paperback of Trans and Genderqueer Subjects is apparently on sale #MedievalSky

www.routledge.com/Trans-and-Ge...

Screenshot of book listing on publisher's website, on sale for £30.39

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