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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...
Oxford Movement, The
Elisabeth Jay
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
The Oxford Movement Introduction An 1833 bill to suppress a number of Irish bishoprics seemed to threaten the disestablishment of the Church of E...
Pantomime
Alexandra Appleton
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Pantomime Introduction Pantomime was a popular Victorian theatrical genre that drew on centuries of European performance styles. It grew in pop...
Pater, Walter Horatio
Anne Varty
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Walter Horatio Pater Introduction Walter Pater, classicist and Oxford don, radical aesthetic philosopher, and consummate prose stylist, was im...
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...
Psychology
Andrew Scott Mangham
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Psychology Introduction The development of psychology as a distinct discipline constituted one of science’s major success stories in the 19th ...
Publishing
Troy Bassett
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
PublishingIntroductionOver the course of the 19th century, British publishing evolved unevenly from a handcrafted industry run by gentleman publishers...
Race
Ankhi Mukherjee
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Race Introduction Modern racial hierarchies draw on two seemingly dissonant lines of history: the humanist desire for freedom and universality...
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 ReadeIntroductionCharles Reade (b. 1814–d. 1884) entered into the Victorian cultural scene through theatrical adaptations, original dramatic w...
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. ReynoldsIntroductionGeorge William Macarthur Reynolds (b. 1814–d. 1879) was at his death labeled “the most popular writer of our time” by the...
Robins, Elizabeth
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Alexandra Paddock
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Elizabeth RobinsIntroductionElizabeth Robins (b. 1862–d. 1952) was an American actress, novelist, playwright, short story author, suffragist campaigne...
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...
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