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Literary, social, and cultural studies of 19C Britain and beyond. Online submission portal: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/victorianstudies/index Please direct all inquiries to victstu@iu.edu
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Love ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต'๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ and ever wondered about changing depictions of fairies in the 19th-century U.S.? Check out Vanessa Meikle Schulmanโs reflection on writing โTransatlantic Fairy Painting and Social Unrest in Victorian Americaโ in our new blog post, available at the link in the comments!
07.10.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Good morning! Did you know that our latest issue 67.2 can now be accessed through Project MUSE online? Feel free to check it out and let us know which article you enjoyed the most in the comments below. โฌ๏ธ
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Happy Autumn Equinox! Bring on the fall vibes by checking out "Transatlantic Fairy Painting and Social Unrest in Victorian America," by Vanessa Meikle Schulman in our latest issue by using the link below. โฌ๏ธ
Project MUSE - Victorian Studies: Volume 67, Number 2, Winter 2025 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55623
๐ซ Be on the lookout for 67.2, our latest issue- hard copies are being sent out today! ๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ
16.09.2025 14:55 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 067.1 Essay Spotlight: "Gaslighting: The Material History of a Metaphor"
Read Grace Franklin's essay on the material history underpinning the concept of psychological gaslighting: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
67.1 Essay Spotlight: "Roots/Routes of Empire: Mary Seacoleย and Scottish-Caribbean Identity"
Read Kenneth McNeil's essay on how ideas of kinship and imperial networks shaped Mary Seacole's Scottish-Caribbean identity: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
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Check out the IU Press blog post for our new issue 67.1 ๐ A big thank you to Mark Taylor, coeditor and contributor to the Victorian Idealisms Forum, for writing the post. His article, "Introduction: Victorian Idealisms," is now open-access on Project Muse.
See links in the comment section.
Our latest issue, 67.1, is now live on Project Muse! muse.jhu.edu/issue/55087
02.07.2025 16:36 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1๐ช Check your mailboxes for our new issue ๐ Realism and Idealism battle it out on 67.1's coverโa fitting image for this issue featuring the Victorian Idealisms Forum!
23.06.2025 14:51 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Here are some of the book reviews included in 66.4 of Victorian Studies! Take some time to read them as well as the other 26 reviews in this issue!
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Read the fourth featured essay in 66.4: Helena Michieโs โDeep History, Surface Histories: British Heritage and Arab Traces in Sicily 1870โ1930,โ which analyzes British travel writing on Sicily and its connections to British heritage.
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Read the third featured essay in 66.4: Anna Bartonโs โEditing Mary Elizabeth Coleridge: The Lyric as Archive,โ which uses manuscript materials from Mary Elizabeth Coleridge to propose a model of archival lyric.
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Check out the second featured essay in 66.4: @jakeromanow.bsky.social Jacob Romanowโs โKiplingโs Administrative Imaginary: Imperial Ignorance as Information Management.โ Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
10.04.2025 16:29 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0New blog post alert!
Head to the IU Press blog to read Sierra Eckert and Milan Terlunen's post on their article, "What We Quote: Disciplinary History and the Textual Atmospheres of Middlemarch," which is featured in our latest issue.
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03.04.2025 16:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 066.4 Featured Essay:
Check out Sierra Eckert and Milan Terlunenโs article on quotation practices and the production of collective knowledge, โWhat We Quote: Disciplinary History and the Textual Atmospheres of Middlemarch.โ The essay is open-access on Project MUSE, see link in comments.
Can you spot not one, but two squirrels?
We found a furry friend as we photographed the cover of our newest VS issue, 66.4! Be sure to check our social media for more content about the featured essays. Also, check out the link below for the full issue on Project MUSE!
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Today is World Theatre Day! To celebrate this day, read Michael Meeuwisโs โโThe Theatre Royal Back Drawing-Roomโ: Professionalizing Domestic Entertainment in Victorian Acting Manualsโ and Gregory Vargoโs โChartist Drama: The Performance of Revolt.โ
27.03.2025 14:07 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Make sure to check your mail! The newest issue of Victorian Studies, 66.4, has been shipped and should be arriving in your mailbox soon.
24.03.2025 16:29 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Itโs Womenโs History Month! To honor the women who have come before us and who have helped us get to where we are, read about the impact that women had in the Victorian Era in the articles linked below.
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05.03.2025 14:57 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0International Womenโs Day is just around the corner! Here is an article about a Victorian female author, Christina Rossetti. In Ashley Millerโs article, she discusses how Christina Rossettiโs poetry about fruitlessness and waste can provide a deeper understanding of female corporeality.
05.03.2025 14:57 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Whether you are writing, reading, or even crafting, paper has been an influential product throughout history. If you are interested in learning more about the publishing and paper industries in Victorian England, read โNew Grub Streetโs Ecologies of Paperโ muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl....
27.02.2025 14:35 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0While we will no longer be accepting submissions via email, our inbox is still open to any questions about the submission process!
25.02.2025 15:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Victorian Studies is launching its online submission portal! Starting March 1, 2025, please use our online portal for all submissions to the journal: scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
There you can also find our style guide, as well as links to our IU Press blog and Project Muse archive.
In honor of London Fashion Week, here are two past articles โReFashioning Men: Fashion, Masculinity, and the Cultivation of the Male Consumer in Britain, 1860-1914โ muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl... or โClothing Napoleonic History in Vanity Fair and the Trumpet Majorโ muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
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