The author traces the phenomenon of ascribing sentimental meaning to floral imagery from its beginnings in Napoleonic France through its later transformations in England and America. At the heart of t
Diedrick considers the life and works of little known writer and early feminist, Mathilde Blind. As well as discussing her relationships with her contemporary writers such as Oscar Wilde and Willi
The war histories of Winston Churchill, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, were heroic histories in the tradition of the liberal epic that extends back through Thomas Babington Ma
Jordan (literature, U. of California, Santa Cruz) offers a consideration of Dickens's novel from a number of critical perspectives. He explores the complex use of voice in Esther's narrative, highligh
Levine (English, U. of Wisconsin, Madison) examines the use of narrative suspense in the Victorian novel. She contends that far from being merely sensational, the mysteries of many plotted texts were
From the author's introduction: "The present study contributes to the ongoing reevaluation of Victorian literary and religious culture by considering how five mutually influential and highly prominent
Grant ackowledges that Christian theology owes much to the philosophy of the classical world, but he believes the remarkable tenacity of Christian inspiration resulted from the revelation of the Trini
Two distinctly different meanings of piracy are ingeniously intertwined in Monica Cohen's lively new book, which shows how popular depictions of the pirate held sway on the page and the stage even as
Victorian England: a Jesuit priest writes of wrestling with God at night, limbs entangled; an Anglican sister begs Jesus, her divine lover, to end her aching anticipation of their union; a clergyman e
Valedictory addresses offer a way to conceptualize the relation of self to others, private to public, ephemeral to eternal. Whether deathbed pronouncements, political capitulations, or seafaring farew
Emily Shore's journal is the unique self-representation of a prodigious young Victorian woman. From July 5, 1831, at the age of eleven, until June 24, 1839, two weeks before her death from consumption
The Victorian novels of Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and others have been characterized as having lapsed plotlines, endless digressions, and an obsessive devotion to background characters. But, as H
In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing such as Ruskin's Stones of Venice of Morris's Lectures on Art
Colby (English, emerita, Queens College, City U. of New York) writes a literary biography of a writer, feminist, and advocate of social reform whose oeuvre includes novels, short stories, travel ess
In The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915, Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay argues that, although the existence and significance of the science of religion has been barely visible to modern scholars o
In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing such as Ruskin's Stones of Venice of Morris's Lectures on Art
In an analysis of the culture war that pitted industrialization against the 19th century concept of "culture," Bizup (English, comparative literature, Columbia U.) draws on Raymond Williams' Culture a
Rossetti (1830-1894) has begun to be recognized as one of the major poets not just one of the major women poets of the Victorian era, making publication of her letters an important effort. When comple
In Victorian Connections, each contributor was asked to write about anything in the Victorian period, with only one proviso: that the essay seek to draw connections with other disciplines, fields, pe
