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Anne Lister: TV Star

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 - 13:00

This week I'll be posting from the Golden Crown Literary Society conference in Orlando Florida!

This is another article that I haven't summarized in detail (or much at all) because it's concerned with modern topics, specifically the process of adapting Lister's story for tv. The article if fascinating reading, but not pertinent to history, as such.

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LHMP #576 Roulston 2023 From Anne Lister to Gentleman Jack

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Roulston , Chris. 2023. “From Anne Lister to Gentleman Jack: Queer Temporality, Fandom and the Gains and Losses of Adaptation” in Decoding Anne Lister: From the Archives to ‘Gentleman Jack’, Chris Roulston & Caroline Gonda, eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781009280723

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12. From Anne Lister to Gentleman Jack: Queer Temporality, Fandom and the Gains and Losses of Adaptation by Chris Roulston

This article talks about the process of adopting Lister’s story for the screen (in various forms) and extensively explores viewer reception. It includes discussion of adaptations of queer histories in general. As the topic is removed from the historic grounding (in several senses), I’ll skip a detailed summary, but it’s definitely worth reading.

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