Browsing by Subject "Victorian literature"
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(2012-07-16)This dissertation investigates the cultural connections made between race and color in works of fiction from the Victorian and Edwardian era, particularly how authors who are also artists invent fantastically colored ...
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(2021-08-05)This dissertation studies novels, government public health reports, and journalism to draw conclusions about the logic that informs how the Victorians thought about trash. This logic, which I term the logic of trash, asserts ...
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(2019-05-16)Studies of masculinities have challenged the monolithic concept of masculinity as patriarchy by examining men's diverse experiences in different historical periods. Studies of Victorian masculinities as sub-division of the ...
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When The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1890 in Lippcott’s Monthly Magazine, the immediate reaction to Wilde’s sensational, sensual story was controversial. Through his shocking storytelling, Wilde attacked ...
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(2016-08-04)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 ...