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University of Virginia Press

Victorian Literature and Culture Series

This series seeks to publish the best contemporary scholarship and criticism on the Victorian period, including work undertaken from a range of disciplinary—and interdisciplinary—perspectives.

Series Editors: Herbert F. Tucker Associate Editors: William McKelvy, Jill Rappoport, and Andrew Stauffer
UVA Editor(s): Angie Hogan

Titles in this Series

Willful Listeners

Reading Aloud and the Politics of Attention from Austen to Audiobooks

Kate Nesbit

Willful Listeners

Reading Aloud and the Politics of Attention from Austen to Audiobooks

Kate Nesbit

What We Mourn

What We Mourn

Child Death and the Politics of Grief in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Lydia Murdoch

Confessing the Flesh

Confessing the Flesh

Reading Hopkins in Context

Lesley Higgins

Victorian Nightshades

Victorian Nightshades

How the Solanaceae Shaped the Modern World

Elizabeth A. Campbell

Haunting Ecologies

Haunting Ecologies

Victorian Conceptions of Water

Ursula Kluwick

The Turn of Rhythm

The Turn of Rhythm

How Victorian Poetry Shaped a New Concept

Ewan Jones

Narrative and Its Nonevents

Narrative and Its Nonevents

The Unwritten Plots That Shaped Victorian Realism

Carra Glatt

Victorian Metafiction

Victorian Metafiction

Tabitha Sparks

Strangers in the Archive

Strangers in the Archive

Literary Evidence and London’s East End

Heidi Kaufman

Evangelical Gothic

Evangelical Gothic

The English Novel and the Religious War on Virtue from Wesley to Dracula

Christopher Herbert

Reading with the Senses in Victorian Literature and Science

Reading with the Senses in Victorian Literature and Science

David Sweeney Coombs

Parting Words

Parting Words

Victorian Poetry and Public Address

Justin A. Sider

The Physics of Possibility

The Physics of Possibility

Victorian Fiction, Science, and Gender

Michael Tondre

Willful Submission

Willful Submission

Sado-Erotics and Heavenly Marriage in Victorian Religious Poetry

Amanda Paxton

Pirating Fictions

Pirating Fictions

Ownership and Creativity in Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture

Monica F. Cohen

Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind

Late-Victorian Culture and the Woman of Letters

James Diedrick

Ruskin's Culture Wars

Ruskin's Culture Wars

Fors Clavigera and the Crisis of Victorian Liberalism

Judith Stoddart

Poetry and the Thought of Song in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Poetry and the Thought of Song in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Elizabeth K. Helsinger

The Language of Flowers

The Language of Flowers

A History

Beverly Seaton

Promises Broken

Promises Broken

Courtship, Class, and Gender in Victorian England

Ginger S. Frost

Modified Rapture

Modified Rapture

Comedy in W. S. Gilbert's Savoy Operas

Alan Fischler

Tennyson

The Muses' Tug-of-War

Daniel Albright

Tennyson

The Muses' Tug-of-War

Daniel Albright

The Victorian Serial

The Victorian Serial

Linda K. Hughes and Michael Lund

The Gypsy-Bachelor of Manchester

The Life of Mrs. Gaskell's Demon

Felicia Bonaparte

The Gypsy-Bachelor of Manchester

The Life of Mrs. Gaskell's Demon

Felicia Bonaparte

Capital Offenses

Capital Offenses

The Geography of Class and Crime in Victorian London

Simon Joyce

Victorian Connections

Victorian Connections

Jerome J. Mcgann, ed.

Matthew Arnold and the Betrayal of Language

Matthew Arnold and the Betrayal of Language

David G. Riede

Author and Printer in Victorian England

Author and Printer in Victorian England

Allan C. Dooley

Victorian Publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's Work

Victorian Publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's Work

Linda K. Hughes and Michael Lund

The Vulgarization of Art

The Vulgarization of Art

The Victorians and Aesthetic Democracy

Linda Dowling

Tennyson's Fixations

Tennyson's Fixations

Psychoanalysis and the Topics of the Early Poetry

Matthew Rowlinson

The Child, the State and the Victorian Novel

The Child, the State and the Victorian Novel

Laura C. Berry

Culture and Irony

Culture and Irony

Studies in Joseph Conrad's Major Novels

Anthony Winner

Thomas Hardy and the Proper Study of Mankind

Thomas Hardy and the Proper Study of Mankind

Simon Gatrell

Vanishing Lives

Vanishing Lives

Style and Self in Tennyson, D. G. Rossetti, Swinburne, and Yeats

James Richardson

The Feminine Political Novel in Victorian England

The Feminine Political Novel in Victorian England

Barbara Leah Harman

Paradise Dislocated

Paradise Dislocated

Morris, Politics, Art

Jeffrey Skoblow

The Mysteries of Paris and London

The Mysteries of Paris and London

Richard Maxwell

The Antagonist Principle

The Antagonist Principle

John Henry Newman and the Paradox of Personality

Lawrence Poston

Second Person Singular

Second Person Singular

Late Victorian Women Poets and the Bonds of Verse

Emily Harrington

Personal Business

Personal Business

Character and Commerce in Victorian Literature and Culture

Aeron Hunt

The Ghost behind the Masks

The Ghost behind the Masks

The Victorian Poets and Shakespeare

W. David Shaw

Victorian Poets and the Politics of Culture

Victorian Poets and the Politics of Culture

Discourse and Ideology

Antony H. Harrison

Supposing Bleak House

Supposing Bleak House

John O. Jordan

Liberal Epic

Liberal Epic

The Victorian Practice of History from Gibbon to Churchill

Edward Adams

Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible

Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible

Charles LaPorte

Feeling for the Poor

Feeling for the Poor

Bourgeois Compassion, Social Action, and the Victorian Novel

Carolyn Betensky

The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915

The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915

Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay

Reading for the Law

Reading for the Law

British Literary History and Gender Advocacy

Christine L. Krueger

The Dynamics of Genre

The Dynamics of Genre

Journalism and the Practice of Literature in Mid-Victorian Britain

Dallas Liddle

The Fowl and the Pussycat

The Fowl and the Pussycat

Love Letters of Michael Field, 1876–1909

Michael Field. Edited by Sharon Bickle

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

A Critical Edition

Edward Fitzgerald. Edited by Christopher Decker

Victorian Prism

Victorian Prism

Refractions of the Crystal Palace

Edited by James Buzard, Joseph W. Childers, and Eileen Gillooly

Nostalgia in Transition, 1780-1917

Nostalgia in Transition, 1780-1917

Linda M. Austin

The English Cult of Literature

The English Cult of Literature

Devoted Readers, 1774–1880

William R. McKelvy

Artist of Wonderland

Artist of Wonderland

The Life, Political Cartoons, and Illustrations of Tenniel

Frankie Morris

The Material Interests of the Victorian Novel

The Material Interests of the Victorian Novel

Daniel Hack

Behind Her Times

Behind Her Times

Transition England in the Novels of Mary Arnold Ward

Judith Wilt

Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti

The Patience of Style

Constance W. Hassett

The Circus and Victorian Society

The Circus and Victorian Society

Brenda Assael

The Letters of Christina Rossetti

The Letters of Christina Rossetti

Volume 1

1843-1873

Christina Rossetti. Edited by Antony H. Harrison

Acting Naturally

Acting Naturally

Victorian Theatricality and Authenticity

Lynn M. Voskuil

Frances Power Cobbe

Frances Power Cobbe

Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer

Sally Mitchell

Emily Davies

Emily Davies

Collected Letters, 1861-1875

Emily Davies. Edited by Ann B. Murphy and Deirdre Raftery

Manufacturing Culture

Manufacturing Culture

Vindications of Early Victorian Industry

Joseph Bizup

The Serious Pleasures of Suspense

The Serious Pleasures of Suspense

Victorian Realism and Narrative Doubt

Caroline Levine

Victorian Poetry As Cultural Critique

Victorian Poetry As Cultural Critique

The Politics of Performative Language

E. Warwick Slinn

Vernon Lee

Vernon Lee

A Literary Biography

Vineta Colby

The Victorian Illustrated Book

The Victorian Illustrated Book

Richard Maxwell, ed.

The Angel out of the House

The Angel out of the House

Philanthropy and Gender in Nineteenth-Century England

Dorice Williams Elliott

The Letters of Matthew Arnold

The Letters of Matthew Arnold

Volume 1

Matthew Arnold. Edited by Cecil Y. Lang

The Private Rod

The Private Rod

Marital Violence, Sensation, and the Law in Victorian Britain

Marlene Tromp

Essays and Reviews

Essays and Reviews

The 1860 Text and Its Reading

Victor Shea and William Whitla, eds.

A Queer Chivalry

A Queer Chivalry

The Homoerotic Asceticism of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Julia F. Saville

The Forgotten Female Aesthetes

The Forgotten Female Aesthetes

Literary Culture in Late-Victorian England

Talia Schaffer

Idol of Suburbia

Idol of Suburbia

Marie Corelli and Late-Victorian Literary Culture

Annette R. Federico

On Exhibit

On Exhibit

Victorians and Their Museums

Barbara J. Black

Royalties

Royalties

The Queen and Victorian Writers

Gail Turley Houston

The Genius of John Ruskin

The Genius of John Ruskin

Selections from His Writings

John D. Rosenberg. Foreword by Herber F. Tucker

Lost Saints

Lost Saints

Silence, Gender, and Victorian Literary Canonization

Tricia A. Lootens

Victorian Women Poets

Victorian Women Poets

Writing Against the Heart

Angela Leighton

Journal of Emily Shore

Journal of Emily Shore

Barbara Timm Gates, ed.

The Romance of the Harem

The Romance of the Harem

Anna Leonowens. Edited with an Introduction by Susan Morgan