text by Dorota Osińska *The blog entry is based on my PhD dissertation Reclaiming Hellenic Myth: Revisions of Mythological Heroines in 19th century British Poetry and Art The intersection of Hellenism and womanhood was a powerful platform to debate roles and images of women in the Victorian era. Admittedly, Hellenism’s primarily men-oriented character would deter women […]
text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko The following text contains fragments from my latest article Transtemporality and Transmemory in Beforeigners: Or, “Jack the Ripper has timeigrated”, Again (Neo-Victorian Studies 14:1). Beforeigners (2019–) is an intriguing example of and commentary on the way in which transnational audiences and creators grapple with the myth of “Jack the Ripper”. The […]
text by Agnieszka Sienkiewicz-Charlish In 1813 Jane Austen published one of her most popular and much-loved novels – Pride and Prejudice. Five years later, in 1818 in Edinburgh, a Scottish writer Susan Ferrier published her first novel The Marriage. It was immensely popular and sold 1,500 copies within the first 6 months. Big sales meant that […]
