Queer Georgians with Dr Anthony Delaney

It’s the Georgian era but make it gilded because we’re talking all things queer in Jane Austen’s world with Dr Anthony Delaney! He wrote a book and now he’s going to lay some historical knowledge on us, but he promises to be gentle. Were same-sex attraction and gender non-conformity totally hidden away in the Georgian period?Did history’s favourite lesbian couple have their own Austen-esque story in Ireland?How much did Jane Austen know about queerness, and did it show up in her writing?Queer Georgians is available 4 September 2025 (Queer Enlightenments in North America, 7 October)If you enjoy this podcast, link arms with us for a stroll around the gardens of cinema, as Alice & Kim review period dramas from every era in Fetch the Smelling Salts. Listen to all episodes now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.