Queer Feelings: Love and Loss in the Letters of Horace Walpole

This essay looks at the letters of Horace Walpole through the lens of the contemporary performance theory of José Muñoz in order to suggest the ways in which Walpole’s feelings in the past reach us with a hope for the future. By looking at touchstones in Horace Walpole’s life, I look for a model of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Humanities (Basel) 2021-12, Vol.10 (4), p.108
1. Verfasser:	Haggerty, George E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	18th century Emotions Friendship Gays & lesbians Gothic fiction Happiness Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65-8 BC) Horace Walpole José Muñoz Kindness Letters LGBTQ studies Performance theory Personal relationships queer relationality Utopias Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)
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Zusammenfassung:	This essay looks at the letters of Horace Walpole through the lens of the contemporary performance theory of José Muñoz in order to suggest the ways in which Walpole’s feelings in the past reach us with a hope for the future. By looking at touchstones in Horace Walpole’s life, I look for a model of queer relationality that is centuries ahead of its time.
ISSN:	2076-0787 2076-0787
DOI:	10.3390/h10040108