Victorian Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
Periodical Press, The
Deborah Wynne
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
The Periodical Press Introduction The Victorian periodical press offers a rich archive for scholars of Victorian culture, yet it is only in recent...
Raphaelitism, Pre-
Stefano Evangelista
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Pre-Raphaelitism Introduction Pre-Raphaelitism was a countercultural movement that aimed to reform Victorian art and writing. It originated with the...
Reade, Charles
Beth Palmer
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Charles Reade Introduction Charles Reade (b. 1814–d. 1884) entered into the Victorian cultural scene through theatrical adaptations, original d...
Realism
Matthew Beaumont, Anna Despotopoulou
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Realism Introduction “The concept of verisimilitude is no longer fashionable,” admitted Tzvetan Todorov in 1968. From roughly the late 1960s t...
Reynolds, G. W. M.
Anne Humpherys
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
G. W. M. Reynolds Introduction George William Macarthur Reynolds (b. 1814–d. 1879) was at his death labeled “the most popular writer of our time”...
Rossetti, Christina
Sharon Aronofsky Weltman
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Christina Rossetti Introduction Christina Georgina Rossetti (b. 1830–d. 1894) was a major Victorian poet, arguably the best of the Pre-Raphaelite...
Ruskin, John
Sharon Aronofsky Weltman
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
John Ruskin Introduction Best known as a theorist, critic, and historian of visual culture, John Ruskin (1819–1900) wrote prolifically and infl...
Science
Alice Jenkins
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Science Introduction The study of literature and science does more than trace the “literature in science” and the “science in literature.” It pro...
Sentimentality
Kirstie Blair, Eliza O'Brien
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Sentimentality Introduction The nature and status of sentimentality is widely contested, though most critics would agree that the adjective “sent...
Sexuality
Pamela K. Gilbert
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Sexuality Introduction One challenge for a scholar working in this field is to know exactly what the field is. Once past the question of reproduc...
Sincerity
Anna Barton
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Sincerity Introduction Sincerity is a term that is associated both with Victorian formulations of cultural and moral value and with 20th- and 21st-c...
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Glenda Norquay
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Robert Louis Stevenson Introduction Robert Louis Stevenson (b. 1850–d. 1894) was born in Scotland and died in Samoa at the end of a life of tr...
Swinburne, A.C.
Rikky Rooksby
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
A. C. Swinburne Introduction Algernon Charles Swinburne (b. 1837–d. 1909) was a major Victorian poet and critic, as well as a central figure ...
Symonds, John Addington
Howard J. Booth
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-09-20
John Addington Symonds Introduction John Addington Symonds (b. 1840–d. 1893) is now best known as the earliest significant writer on homosexua...
Technology
Tamara Ketabgian
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Technology Introduction The Victorian era was a remarkably fertile period for the adoption, expansion, and transformation of technology. Photogra...
Tennyson, Alfred
Samantha Matthews
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Alfred Tennyson Introduction Alfred, Lord Tennyson (b. 1809–d. 1892) was born in Lincolnshire, the fourth child of a well-educated but volatile c...
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Melissa Raines
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
William Makepeace Thackery Introduction William Makepeace Thackeray (b. 18 July 1811–d. 23 December 1863) was born in Calcutta, India, the only...
Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth
Ella Dzelzainis
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna Introduction Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (b. 1790–d. 1846) was an indefatigable journalist and editor; political and religio...
Travel Writing
Muireann O’Cinneide
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Travel Writing Introduction Fueled by transport improvements and expanding British global influence, Victorian travel writing emerged in the p...
Trollope, Anthony
Melissa Raines
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Anthony Trollope IntroductionAnthony Trollope (b. 24 April 1815–d. 6 December 1882) was a successful Victorian novelist and one of the most prolific...
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