Victoriana
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Five Great Victorian Studies Reference Sites, plus blogs
If you’re like me, you want to know all the fascinating tidbits and details about life in the Victorian Era. Well, fear not – there are plenty of great reference sites out there on the Internet. I’ve collected five useful general sites here. 1. Victorian Voices – http://www.victorianvoices.net/index.shtml The list of lists. Find articles, websites and blogs on every aspect of Victorian life from America, Gardening, and Country/Village life to Royalty, Women’s Issues, Work, and World Cultures. 2. Victorian Research – http://victorianresearch.org/ Find the libraries and other places where primary sources and archival records are housed. Also, under the heading “Discussion” there are many groups and blogs on Victorian matters.…
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Victorian Slang!
As I was browsing over many an Internet page, I came across a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore – Victorian Slang! Many fans of author Georgette Heyer will recall with fondness her characters’ delightful use of Regency-era slang, but I haven’t found too many resources dedicated to the particular lingo of the mid-to-late Nineteenth Century. So it was with great pleasure that I began to read J. Redding Ware’s “Passing English of the Victorian Era” http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/a-dictionary-of-victorian-slang-1909/ Here are some of the cool slang words that this intrepid lexicographer collected: Adam and Eve’s togs – Naked Adam’s Ale – Water Back-hairing – Female fighting, in which a woman had…
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SHOWCASE: Victorian Movies and TV Shows
This is the first installment of the Showcase of Victorian Movies and TV Shows. Over the years, there has been an abundance of movies, miniseries and TV shows that have been set in England during the Victorian era. Original fiction as well as the works of Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, the Bronte sisters, and Elizabeth Gaskell have all been presented on the large and small screen. So what shows can you seek out for your Victorian inspiration? Today, we’ll discuss the BBC’s 2004 miniseries, “North and South,” starring Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe. A four-part series, with each episode lasting about 1 hour. Based on the novel by Elizabet Gaskell,…
