CFP: The Victorian Section (original) (raw)

he Victorian section of the online Literary Encyclopediais commissioning entries from new authors on the works/authors/topics listed below. We are especially eager to hear from advanced doctoral students and early career researchers. All entries are peer-reviewed. Most articles are between 2000 and 2500 words, and deadlines are negotiable. The publication is a not-for-profit, and will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary towards the end of this year.

Topics (ordinarily longer than 2500 words)

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• The Fin de Siècle
• Victorian Ecocriticism

Texts (usually 2000-2500 words)

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• Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach"
• Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Aurora Floyd
• Samuel Butler, Erewhon
• Marie Corelli, Wormwood
• Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders
• Charles Reade, The Cloister and the Hearth
• R.L Stevenson, In the South Seas
• R.L. Stevenson, The Amateur Emigrant
• R.L. Stevenson, The Wrecker
• Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm
• Anthony Trollope, The Fixed Period
• Charlotte M. Yonge, The Clever Woman of the Family
• Oscar Wilde, Vera

Authors (2000-2500 words):

• Walter Besant
• Isabella Bishop
• George Du Maurier
• Henry Kingsley
• Ouida
• George Augustus Sala

The Literary Encyclopedia is also very keen to hear from anyone with an interest in writing on nineteenth-century Australian or New Zealand literature.

For those who are interested in writing about any of the above topics, texts, or authors, please contact Grace Moore

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Created September 6, 2025
Last modified September 6, 2025