The specter of the Victorian Poorhouse haunts both history and literature. The surviving image, although not entirely accurate, is a grim reminder that not everyone flourished during an era whose very touchstones were progress and prosperity. No single historically-accurate image of the poorhouse remains, however, as each poorhouse has its own history. Each facility differed […]
Archives for March 2014
Dickens Journals Online Announces a New Literary Journalism Competition
Charles Dickens’s weekly periodicals ushered in an innovative look at Mid-Victorian life in England. In 2012, Dickens Journals Online (DJO) adopted a similar innovation when they introduced an Open Access website devoted to exploring articles in these periodicals. John Drew of the University of Buckingham, where the new journal is housed, remarks that the website […]