Victorian Literature

Anne Bronte's Religious Imagination

Michael Gilmour | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Literature, Proverbs, Victorian-Novel, Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte, Book of Proverbs, Charlotte Bronte, Bronte Sisters, Novels, Victorian Literature, Books, Religion News
Michael Gilmour

For readers interested in the intersections of theology, the Bible, and creative writing, Anne Brontë's books offer a wealth of fascinating material,

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The Bible's Role in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

Michael Gilmour | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Gospels, Jesus Parables, Oliver Twist, Gospel of Matthew, Biblical Interpretation, English Literature, Novels, Charles Dickens, Victorian Literature, Religion News
Michael Gilmour

I found myself thinking about an aspect of Dickens easily overshadowed.. I refer to his subtle use of biblical literature.

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Jeffery Eugenides On Love And Books

Madeleine Crum | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Virgin Suicides, Video, The Marriage Plot, College Books, 1980s, Books We Love, Middlesex, New Books, Semiotics, Jeffrey Eugenides, Victorian Literature, Books News

If you walk through Times Square in New York right now, you'll be met with a rare site: a book-themed billboard. A stern-faced Jeffery Eugenides strid...

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Photographing the Granddaddy of Detective Fiction

Carolyn Vega | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Wilkie Collins, The Morgan Library & Museum, Detective Novels, Gothic Horror, Wilkie Collins Photos, The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Charles Dickens, Mystery Novels, Victorian Literature, New York News
Carolyn Vega

2011-07-22-pullquote.jpgWilkie Collins was one of the major literary celebrities of the Victorian age.

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Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus In Switzerland, Part 2

Richard Bangs | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Switzerland, Travel, Swiss Alps, Mount Pilatus, Victorian Literature, Travel News
Richard Bangs

2011-06-26-Screenshot20110626at4.30.25PM.jpg The flocking of Victorians to the Swiss Alps was not about growing crops, grazing animals, or extracting minerals. It was about observing, feeling, and articulating a personal response.

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Show Me the Sex

Suzanne Morrison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sex, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Postmodernism, Wuthering Heights, English Literature, The Real Housewives, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, Victorian Literature, Christmas Novels, Christmas Books, Christmas Literature, Books News
Suzanne Morrison

Christmas is the time for 19th century novels, especially of the English variety. I've always hated them. The Brits, I decided at 13, were frustrated, neutered people. I didn't want to visit England, for fear my genitals would wither and harden like a dried pomegranate.

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