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19th-century Art
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks5.html
Biographies and online paintings of Turner, Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, Edward
Burne-Jones and many others from the period.
19th-century Photography: A timeline
www.victorianweb.org/photos/chron.html
Comprehensive timeline of inventions and achievements in the world of Victorian
photography.
Classical Period Music Links
http://www.carolinaclassical.com/classical.html
Excellent gateway site to the music of the Victorian era, with
links to the works of Elgar and satirical composers Gilbert and Sullivan.
Composers of the Romantic Era (1825-1900)
www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/
romcom.html
Explains the Romantic style and lists the key composers with biographical information.
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819-80
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/
Eliot.html
Gateway site to the life and works of George Eliot, the great Victorian novelist
who developed the use of psychological analysis that is characteristic of modern
fiction. The site has some e-texts available such as Daniel Deronda.
The Victorian Age
www.wwnorton.com/nael/victorian/
welcome.htm
Part of the Norton Anthology of English Literature, here you will
find essays on industrialism, the 'woman question', the 'painterly image in
poetry' and imperialism.
Literature in Great Britain – A chronology
www.victorianweb.org/vn/littime.html
Comprehensive chronology of authors and publication dates during the Victorian
era.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900)
www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/
clsc38.html
Poet and dramatist born in Dublin, Wilde was celebrated for
his wit and flamboyant manner, and became a leading member of the 'art
for art's sake' movement. This site contains a concise biography.
Victorian Architecture: An overview
www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/
archov.html
Gateway to a variety of articles on the various styles of Victorian architecture
and the architects who created them.
Victorian Women Writer's Project
www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/
Houses transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century,
including anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's
books and volumes of poetry and verse drama.
Books
 The Brontës by Juliet Barker (Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
2001)
Definitive history of the Brontës based on first-hand research among the
Brontë manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass.
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 The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry edited by Joseph
Bristow (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
Offers fresh insights into the works of well-known figures such as Matthew
Arnold, Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson, and the writings of women poets
such as Michael Field, Amy Levy and Augusta Webster, whose contribution to
Victorian culture has only recently been acknowledged by modern scholars.
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 The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel edited by
Deirdre David (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
A series of specially commissioned essays examine the work of Charles Dickens,
the Brontës, George Eliot and other canonical writers, as well as Olive
Schreiner, Wilkie Collins and H Rider Haggard, whose work has recently attracted
new attention from scholars and students.
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 Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A biography by Margaret Forster
(Vintage, 1998)
This story has become part of literary mythology: the invalid kept locked up
in Wimpole Street by a tyrannical father until her elopement and flight to
Italy at the age of 40. This biography introduces the reader to a strong and
determined Elizabeth Barrett.
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 From Life: The story of Julia Margaret Cameron and Victorian photography by
Victoria Olsen (Aurum Press, 2003)
Born in 1815 Cameron was one of the most experimental and influential British
photographers of the Victorian era. Taking up photography at the age of 48,
she became one of the most colourful personalities in its history.
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 Painting Women: Victorian women artists by Deborah Cherry
(Routledge, 1993)
Discusses the experience of women painters working within the oppressive confines
of Victorian patriarchy. Drawing on letters, journals and biographies, the
author examines a number of women painters at work between 1840 and 1900 and
the images of women that they produced.
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 Theatre in the Victorian Age by Michael R Booth (Cambridge
University Press, 1991)
Comprehensive survey that explores the social and cultural context of the Victorian
theatre including theatre management, the audience, architecture and production
methods, acting and the job of actor, as well as the drama itself.
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 Victorian Architecture by Roger Dixon and Stefan Muthesius
(Thames & Hudson, 1978)
Explores the interplay of social forms, technological advances, and creative
achievements that gave rise to various building types in the Victorian age.
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 Victorian Painters: Historical survey and plates by Christopher
Wood (Antique Collectors' Club, 1995)
Discusses the development and importance of Victorian painters and their work
setting it within the context of the time. Contains over 700 black-and-white
and colour plates.
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