[Vwoolf] VW as Publisher - Chase of the Wild Goose - republishing a forgotten queer feminist classic

Sat Jan 28 07:47:34 EST 2023

See:

SMITH, Martin Ferguson, "VIRGINIA WOOLF AND 'THE HERMAPHRODITE': A FEMINIST FAN OF 'ORLANDO' AND CRITIC OF 'ROGER FRY'" (on Mary Gordon), English_Studies, XCVII,3:277-97, (2 Mar) 2016

Hilary Newman, Re-Viewing Books Published by the Hogarth Press: "Chase of the Wild Goose", by Mary Gordon, Virginia_Woolf_Bulletin, No.53:51-59, Sep 2016

Stuart

From: Nicola Wilson via Vwoolf 
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2023 12:07 PM
To: Virginia Woolf 
Subject: [Vwoolf] VW as Publisher - Chase of the Wild Goose - republishing a forgotten queer feminist classic

Dear Woolfians, Please see details below of Lurid editions’ republication of Mary Gordon’s Chase of the Wild Goose, published by the Hogarth Press in 1936 after landing on VW’s desk. The ‘lost feminist queer classic’ after Orlando and The Edwardians… 
Dear Woolfians,

Please see details below of Lurid editions’ republication of Mary Gordon’s Chase of the Wild Goose, published by the Hogarth Press in 1936 after landing on VW’s desk. The ‘lost feminist queer classic’ after Orlando and The Edwardians…

D-M Withers, who runs Lurid, has arranged a host of launch activities and the podcast below is also a nice conversation about Virginia’s publishing work, and the activities of the Hogarth Press.

Ab
Nicola x

Dr Nicola Wilson

Associate Professor in Book and Publishing Studies, University of Reading

Co-director of the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing 

Co-director of the Modernist Archives Publishing Project

Strand editor, 'Women, Publishing, and Book Culture', CUP Elements series on Publishing and Book Culture   

My most recent publication is a collaboratively-authored article, available open access: 'Digital Critical Archives, Copyright and Feminist 

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Lurid Editions are delighted to announce the publication of Mary Gordon’s homage to the Ladies of Llangollen, Chase of the Wild Goose.

Chase of the Wild Goose was first published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s Hogarth Press in 1936 and has been out of print since the early 1940s. Lurid’s new edition is graced with an afterword by publishing historian Nicola Wilson and is published on 1 February 2023.

Sarah Waters has described the book as a "fascinating piece of queer literary history" and a "deeply feminist work, a celebration of courage and nonconformity.” 

"Patricia Duncker believes "Mary Gordon’s story of two women who chose each other, and a life of freedom will conquer every heart." 

For Jana Funke, Chase of the Wild Goose is a "remarkable example of queer feminist modernist writing" which "honours the Ladies as queer feminist ancestors whose unequivocal commitment to freedom and bold defiance of social expectations continues to resonate across the ages."

The Times Literary Supplement celebrates the book as a “wildly idiosyncratic account of two feminist pioneers”, stating that “this new, helpfully presented and well-conceived edition repackages Gordon’s book for the twenty-first century.” 

Across LGBT+ History Month this February, several events are taking place in partnership with independent bookshops and cultural institutions.

  a.. 4 February, Gay’s the Word, London, 7-8pm 

  b.. 14 February, Book Bag, Exeter, 6.30-8pm, with artist Sarah-JoyF ord, Daniel Fountain and Jana Funke 

  c.. 21 February, Bookhaus, Bristol, 6-8pm, with Elizabeth English, Freya Gowrley and Tara Puri

  d.. 28 February, British Library, ONLINE, 7-8:15pm, with Alison Oram, Frances Bingham and Norena Shopland

[Hyperlinks are embedded, but in case they stripped out, please visit lurideditions.com/lurid-events for all booking links]

We’re also launching a new podcast – Lurid Talk – that explores the publishing histories, cultural afterlives and literary qualities of Lurid titles. The first episode features Nicola Wilson and is available to listen to now via Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Future episodes feature Jana Funke and Sarah-Joy Ford. 

To time with Chase of the Wild Goose’s publication, we’ve collaborated with Ladies enthusiastic and textile artist Sarah-Joy Ford to produce a limited-edition range of long-sleeved t-shirts and A3 Giclée Fine Art prints. 

Creatures of Plas Newydd uses designs from Sarah-Joy’s recent exhibition Beloved: Crafting Intimacies with the Ladies of Llangollen.

You can buy the book direct from the Lurid Editions website [lurideditions.com] and all good bookshops. 

Do get in touch contact at lurideditions.com if you’d like to run an event centred on the book. We’d love to hear from you.

Lurideditions.com / Lurid Editions Ltd (@lurid_editions) • Instagram photos and videos / Lurid Editions (@LuridEditions) / Twitter 

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