Expanding our understanding of what it meant to be a nineteenth-century author, Amanda
Adams takes up the concept of performative, embodied authorship in relationship to the …

Tennyson experienced at first hand the all-pervasive nature of celebrity culture. It caused
him to retreat from the eyes of the world. This book delineates Tennyson's reluctant celebrity …

This article examines the New York Times''Overlooked'project, an online memorialising
enterprise dedicated to providing 'forgotten'celebrities (mostly women) with retrospective …

In his pioneering 1948 study of the life and work of Julia Margaret Cameron, Helmut
Gernsheim recalls the moment when his interest in Cameron's photography was first piqued …

If Marguerite Blessington (1788–1849)–the “most gorgeous lady” in Dr. Samuel Parr's words–
is ever remembered today, it is mostly for her famous literary salon and for her …

This article traces the emergence of the 'Dolly Varden'dress, a brief sartorial craze that rose
to prominence shortly after Charles Dickens's death in 1870 and which remained in vogue …

This dissertation analyzes the role of celebrity in determining the lives and literary
productions of bestselling female authors in the nineteenth century. It identifies celebritydom …

During a career spanning almost forty years, Ouida wrote twenty-four novels, two volumes of
essays, as well as short stories and numerous articles on animal rights, politics, and the arts …

Különben igen eszes leány, s nem annyira bas bleu, mint két év előtt volt. Így alakult ki tehát
a 19. század második felének középosztálybeli nőképe, az „angyal a házban"(angel in the …

Abstract In 'Lancelot and Elaine', the seventh of the twelve idylls that comprise Tennyson's
Idylls of the King (1859-85), while on their way to a field near Camelot where the tournament …