Victorian Literature - K - Oxford Bibliographies
Keble, John
Kirstie Blair
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
John Keble Introduction John Keble (b. 1792–d. 1866) is remembered as one of the founding figures of the Oxford Movement (or Tractarianism). J. H...
Kingsley, Charles
Jonathan Conlin
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Charles Kingsley Introduction Novelist, Christian Socialist, and Church of England priest, Charles Kingsley’s prolific literary output, sanita...
Kipling, Rudyard
John Lee
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Rudyard Kipling ...
Lang, Andrew
Andrew Teverson
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2022-06-27
Andrew LangIntroductionAndrew Lang (b. 1844–d. 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, journalist, scholar and story anthologist active in the late Victo...
Lear, Edward
Peter Swaab
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Edward Lear Introduction The long career of Edward Lear (b. 1812–d. 1888) included diversely creative achievements as a nonsense poet, ornitho...
Lee, Vernon
Stefano Evangelista
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Vernon Lee Introduction Vernon Lee (b. 1856–d. 1935) is the pen name of the prolific author and critic Violet Paget. Lee was a cosmopolitan intel...
Levy, Amy
Naomi Hetherington
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Amy LevyIntroductionDespite her relatively short career, Amy Levy (1861–1889) has gained a singular importance as an Anglo-Jewish, feminist, queer and...
Life Writing
Valerie Sanders
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Life WritingIntroduction“Life writing” is a broad term encompassing many varieties of personal narrative, including autobiography, biography, memoir, ...
Literacy
Rosalind Crone
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
LiteracyIntroductionCritical to an understanding of Victorian literature is an awareness of the participants in literate culture. Hence the importance...
Machines
Tamara Ketabgian
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Machines Introduction Essayist Thomas Carlyle famously described the Victorian period as the Age of Machinery. This phrase captures the growing p...
Maritime
Kelly Bushnell
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
MaritimeIntroductionFor an island on which no point is farther than seventy miles from the coast, it is not surprising that the sea carries such cultu...
Marryat, Florence
Greta Depledge
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Florence Marryat Introduction Florence Marryat (b. 1833–d. 1899) was born in Brighton on 9 July 1833. Some accounts of Marryat’s life put her ...
Martineau, Harriet
Ella Dzelzainis
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Harriet Martineau ...
Masculinity
Melissa Shields Jenkins
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
MasculinityIntroductionWhat is masculinity? And, how much of the topic’s vast expanse can be covered in one bibliography, even one limited to the Vict...
Material Culture
Deborah Wynne
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Material CultureIntroductionMaterial culture is a broad term covering all aspects of the material world, including clothing, household goods, tools, b...
Medicine
Andrew Scott Mangham
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Medicine Introduction The 19th century saw enormous demands on the field of medical inquiry. That period saw urban development and international ...
Mill, John Stuart
Lucy Hartley
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
John Stuart Mill Introduction John Stuart Mill (b. 1806–d. 1873) was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the 19th century. He...
Mobility
Wendy Parkins
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Mobility Introduction Arguably the defining characteristic of the 19th century, mobility seems omnipresent in Victorian literature as narrative...
Monologue, Dramatic
Cornelia Pearsall
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Dramatic Monologue Introduction Although the dramatic monologue stands as a definitive Victorian poetic form, defining the genre is a vexed is...
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