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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...
Morris, William
Anna Vaninskaya
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
William Morris Introduction William Morris, poet, romancer, translator, designer, businessman, printer, and socialist pioneer, was the ultimat...
Myth
Essaka Joshua
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
MythIntroductionMyth is a prominent part of the Victorian engagement with the past and the present, and myths were essential to the Victorians’ concep...
Neo-Victorianism
Jessica Cox
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Neo-Victorianism Introduction Neo-Victorianism can be divided into two distinct categories: creative works that in some way engage with Victoria...
New Woman, The
Clare Mendes
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
The New Woman Introduction Since the 1970s, interest in the New Woman has flourished threefold, with numerous attempts to capture her complex nat...
Newgate Novel, The
Lyn Pykett
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
The Newgate Novel Introduction Newgate novels take their name from the London prison, destroyed by fire in 1780, whose more illustrious or infa...
Newman, John Henry
Diana Powell
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
John Henry Newman Introduction John Henry (Cardinal) Newman (b. 1801–d. 1890) was an extremely influential and controversial Victorian author, re...
Oliphant, Margaret
Elisabeth Jay
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Margaret OliphantIntroductionMargaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (b. 1828–d. 1897) was a prolific and influential Victorian author. She turned her profe...
Orientalism
Valerie Kennedy
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
OrientalismIntroductionOrientalism in Victorian literature can be seen as a development of 18th-century and Romantic depictions of figures such as the...
Ouida
Shari Hodges Holt
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
OuidaIntroduction“Ouida” (b. 1839–d. 1908) was the pen name of Marie Louise Ramé (altered to Marie Louise de la Ramée), one of the most prolific and p...
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