In Victorian Reformations: Historical Fiction and Religious Controversy, 1820-1900, Miriam
Elizabeth Burstein analyzes the ways in which Christian novelists across the denominational …

Redressing a gap in Chartism studies, Rob Breton focuses on the fiction that emerged from
the movement, placing it in the context of the Victorian novel and reading it against the works …

'William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890'combines a close reading of Morris's
work with historical and philosophical analysis in order to argue, contrary to prevailing …

This chapter draws attention to oral traditions concerning early modern rebellions. Oral
communications may have been vital to the practice of revolt, but for the historian they are …

This article explores the methodological issues involved in assessing creative writers'
attitudes to the far-reaching changes in non-elite school education which took place in the …

Among the multiple suffrage groups devoted to securing votes for women formed in the early
years of the twentieth century the most militant and most vocal was arguably the Women's …

An 1888 review of William Morris's historical tale, A Dream of John Ball, suggests that after
reading it 'one has a heart-deep sense of satisfaction at knowing that at last, after centuries …

The culture of insurgents in early modern Europe was primarily an oral one; memories of
social conflicts in the communities affected were passed on through oral forms such as …

In his address to the twelfth annual meeting of the Society for the Protection of Ancient
Buildings in 1889, William Morris defined 'romance'as 'the capacity for a true conception of …

This study examines the expression and patterns of alternate history in nineteenth-century
Britain and France.“Alternate history” refers to the presentation of events that did not happen …