ABSTRACT
This chapter examines historical and literary intersections of disability and sexuality in the eighteenth century. It offers an overview of the scholarship that has paved the way for the study of disability and sexuality, discusses recent scholarly contributions, and offers examples and models of what its appearance signifies in eighteenth-century literary texts. The chapter then concludes by speculating about possible future directions for disability and sexuality studies. The appearance of queer disability in literature often signals a reworking of established social and political frameworks, anticipating the forging of unexpected pleasures, kinships, and social arrangements.
