Victorian Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
Hardy, Thomas
Matthew Bradley
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Thomas Hardy Introduction Thomas Hardy (b. 1840–d. 1928) was born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, the son of a builder. After an education at his loc...
Historical Novel, The
Isobel Hurst
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
The Historical Novel Introduction No student of the Victorian historical novel can fail to observe the divergence between the genre’s critical...
Homosexuality
Ben Winyard
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Homosexuality Introduction The 19th century crucially witnessed the genesis of homosexual identities, subcultures, and politics in forms that h...
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Alice Jenkins
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Gerard Manley Hopkins Introduction Gerard Manley Hopkins (b. 1844–d. 1889), or Gerard M. Hopkins, as he usually signed himself, was born in Strat...
Illustration
Brian Maidment
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2020-11-24
IllustrationIntroductionGrowing interest in book and publishing history and the mass digitization of Victorian periodicals and newspapers has given in...
Ireland
James H. Murphy, Marguérite Corporaal
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
IrelandIntroductionIrish Victorian literature is full of possibilities for research, and interest in it is growing continually. Long neglected, its ti...
James, Henry
Deborah Wynne
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Henry James Introduction Henry James (b. 1843–d. 1916), a prolific writer of fiction, travel writing, essays, book reviews, and plays, was ...
Journalism
Matthew Rubery
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Journalism Introduction The quantity of affordable print increased dramatically during the 19th century to satisfy the demands of the first mass ...
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 ...
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 ...
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