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Stoker, Bram
Matthew Gibson
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2022-01-12
Bram StokerIntroductionThe affable and popular theater manager Bram Stoker was born in Clontarf, Ireland, to Abraham and Charlotte Stoker in 1847, int...
Supernatural, The
Rosario Arias
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
The SupernaturalIntroductionThe supernatural was an important aspect of Victorian society. It pervaded all forms of art and science, as well as Victor...
Swinburne, A.C.
Rikky Rooksby
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
A. C. SwinburneIntroductionAlgernon Charles Swinburne (b. 1837–d. 1909) was a major Victorian poet and critic, as well as a central figure in the spre...
Symonds, John Addington
Howard J. Booth
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-09-20
John Addington Symonds Introduction John Addington Symonds (b. 1840–d. 1893) is now best known as the earliest significant writer on homosexua...
Technology
Tamara Ketabgian
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Technology Introduction The Victorian era was a remarkably fertile period for the adoption, expansion, and transformation of technology. Photogra...
Tennyson, Alfred
Samantha Matthews
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Alfred Tennyson Introduction Alfred, Lord Tennyson (b. 1809–d. 1892) was born in Lincolnshire, the fourth child of a well-educated but volatile c...
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Melissa Raines
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
William Makepeace Thackery Introduction William Makepeace Thackeray (b. 18 July 1811–d. 23 December 1863) was born in Calcutta, India, the only...
The Body
Peter J. Capuano
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
The BodyIntroductionThe 19th century is extremely important for the study of embodiment because it is the period in which the modern body, as we curre...
Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth
Ella Dzelzainis
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna Introduction Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (b. 1790–d. 1846) was an indefatigable journalist and editor; political and religio...
Travel Writing
Muireann O’Cinneide
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Travel Writing Introduction Fueled by transport improvements and expanding British global influence, Victorian travel writing emerged in the p...
Trollope, Anthony
Melissa Raines
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Anthony TrollopeIntroductionAnthony Trollope (b. 24 April 1815–d. 6 December 1882) was a successful Victorian novelist and one of the most prolific wr...
Trollope, Frances
Elsie B. Michie
Subject: Victorian Literature »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Frances Trollope Introduction Readers typically know Frances Milton Trollope (b. 1779–d. 1863) for her best-selling first book, the scathingly ...
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...
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