Writing from the end of the seventeenth century through the mid-eighteenth century in England, the fair triumvirate of wit—consisting of Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and Eliza Haywood—are pivotal figures in the history ...

This dissertation is article-based, consisting of four chapters with two themes: colorization (chapters 1 & 2) and sentiment analysis (chapters 3 & 4). Chapter 1, “Victorian400: Colorizing Victorian Illustrations,” reveals ...

This dissertation, “Deadly Toys: Mini Worlds and Wars, 1815-1914,” explores British literary representations of toy wars to argue that toy violence helps to illustrate adult-child power structures during the long nineteenth ...

Image-based humanities computing, the computer-assisted study of digitallyrepresented “objects or artifacts of cultural heritage,” is an increasingly popular yet “established practice” located at the most recent intersections ...

This dissertation explores the ways in which Charles Dickens writes Nancy in Oliver Twist, Anthony Trollope writes Carry Brattle in The Vicar of Bullhampton, and Elizabeth Gaskell writes Esther in Mary Barton to represent ...

This study examines the use of supernatural elements in Victorian-era detective fiction. By focusing on critically neglected detective stories involving ghosts, clairvoyance, dreams, mesmerism and providence, I highlight ...