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Unitarianism
Ruth Watts
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Unitarianism Introduction Very much a minority religion and often despised by other Christian groups, Unitarianism nevertheless was a potent f...
Verse, Devotional
Victoria N. Morgan
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Devotional VerseIntroductionPerhaps what best defines the Victorian period are the various fluctuations and developments within religious culture that...
Ward, Mary
Diana Powell
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Mary Ward Introduction Mary Augusta (Mrs. Humphry) Ward (b. 1851–d. 1920) was a novelist, critic, education pioneer, antisuffrage campaigner, and...
Webster, Julia Augusta
Patricia Rigg
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Julia Augusta WebsterIntroductionBorn in 1837, Webster was a prolific writer in every genre, a self-educated classical scholar, a professional poetry ...
Wells, H. G.
Martin Willis
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
H. G. Wells Introduction H. G. Wells (b. 1866–d. 1946) was one of the most important and productive writers of the last century. His work is pa...
Wilde, Oscar
Anne Varty
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Oscar WildeIntroductionOscar Wilde spoke with a unique voice throughout his short professional life, during which he became the foremost wit of the er...
Wood, Ellen (Mrs. Henry Wood)
Andrew Scott Mangham
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Ellen Wood (Mrs. Henry Wood) Introduction Ellen (Mrs. Henry) Wood (b. 1814–d. 1887) was one of the best-selling British novelists of the 19th cen...
Work, The Gospel of
Patrick Fessenbecker
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
The Gospel of WorkIntroductionIn 1843, Thomas Carlyle proclaimed a new “Gospel” for modern England: “Work, and therein have wellbeing.” Inspired by Ca...
Yonge, Charlotte
Susan Walton
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Charlotte YongeIntroductionEven in an age of prolific writers, Charlotte M. Yonge (b. 1823–d. 1901) is notable for the range, quantity, and quality of...
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