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Direct linkHudson, Glenda A. – Children's Literature in Education, 2006
This article considers J.M. Barrie's satirical treatment of the Platonic doctrine of reminiscence in "Peter Pan," and how Barrie's work both honors and undercuts it. It will first analyze the Platonic notion of the doctrine of reminiscence in Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" (1807). It will then…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Victorian Literature, Poetry, Childrens Literature
Ladenson, Joyce Ruddel – Intellect, 1975
Kate Chopin's once-banned novel explores Edna Pontellier's resistance to the 19th-century Victorian norm for womanhood in order to show at least one woman's identity could not be realized within the prescribed sex roles of her culture. (Editor)
Descriptors: Books, Females, Males, Novels
Peer reviewedDunn, Richard J. – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1970
With attention to Carlyle's and his contemporaries' reactions to his humour, this study examines Carlyle's theory and describes important practical successes and difficulties he had with it." (Author)
Descriptors: Comedy, Humor, Irony, Nineteenth Century Literature
Peer reviewedHarrison, John F. C. – History of Education Quarterly, 1971
A review of nine books on education in Victorian England. (RA)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Educational History, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHannabuss, Stuart – Children's Literature in Education, 1983
Argues that the works of G.A. Henty are a phenomenon worthy of study for the literary historian and examines some of the main reactions to his work at and since his time. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary History
Peer reviewedFong, David – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1970
Examines historical, critical, and even psychological" relationship of Macaulay to Johnson, and describes Macaulay's ambivalent attitude to Johnson. (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, English Literature, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedHarris, Wendell V. – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1971
A detailed analysis of the prose style used by John Ruskin in The Stones of Venice. (SP)
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Nineteenth Century Literature, Textual Criticism
Peer reviewedPoster, Carol – College English, 1996
Argues for the study of popular female authors of the Victorian era on two grounds: (1) issues concerning Victorian female writers are relevant to problems in Victorian literary scholarship and to discussions about the relationship between literary theory and feminism; and (2) their works were printed on acid paper. (TB)
Descriptors: Authors, Critical Theory, Females, Feminism
Magruder, Clark – 1991
Aubrey Beardsley's involvement with the literary magazine, "The Yellow Book," is described. While there were some other literary magazines published before "The Yellow Book", its issues are distinguished because they were the first to deliberately present visual art work (and the visual artist) as equally important as…
Descriptors: Art History, Artists, Authors, Fine Arts
Peer reviewedSmith, J. Percy – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1971
The letters of Elinor Louise Huddart to Shaw from 1878-1894 reveal possible sources for Shaw's ideas on the New Woman." (SP)
Descriptors: Didacticism, English Literature, Letters (Correspondence), Moral Criticism
Download full textGoldstein, Norma Walrath – 1989
Proposing that Thomas Hardy's fiction exhibits strong Gothic sensibilities which offer insight into his artistic vision and add to the power of his fiction, creating a new form of the Gothic, a Victorian Gothic, this dissertation reassesses the Gothic strains in Hardy's fiction. The dissertation is in eight chapters: (1) Introduction to Hardy's…
Descriptors: English Literature, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedMonsman, Gerald – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1971
Pater's theory of aesthetics is discussed and his influence on Oscar Wilde is briefly noted. (SP)
Descriptors: English Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Influences, Nineteenth Century Literature
Peer reviewedTheall, Bernard – Catholic Library World, 1971
The best current books in the fields of literature and fiction written by or about Catholics are listed and briefly reviewed. (JN)
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Bibliographies, Books, Catholics
Euwema, Ben – J Gen Educ, 1969
Discussion of the Victorian outlook on life with emphasis on the works of Browning, Tennyson and George Eliot. The author suggests that these authors attempted to "reconstruct christianity and to find a "firm basis for social progress and personal fulfillment. (Author/AP)
Descriptors: Humanities, Literary Criticism, Moral Values, Nineteenth Century Literature
Langland, Elizabeth – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Discusses how the author learned to make a research assistant (RA) a part of the administrative package. Shares her ambition to make available good teaching editions of out-of-print novels by Victorian women writers. Suggests coediting new editions of a literary text with RAs and/or post-doctorate students. (SG)
Descriptors: Editing, Educational Research, English Departments, Higher Education
