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Victorian Scribblers
by Courtney Floyd and Eleanor Dumbill
Victorian Scribblers is a podcast about the nineteenth-century writers time forgot, from Mary Elizabeth Braddon (the mother of detective fiction) to Marie Corelli (queer science-fiction writer extraordinaire) and beyond. Hosted by Dr. Courtney Floyd, a specialist in nineteenth-century literature and print culture, and Dr. Eleanor Dumbill, a specialist in Victorian literature and publishing.
Episodes
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S5:E4 – Charles Elmé Francatelli
Show Notes Eleanor and Courtney discuss the life of cookery revolutionary, Charles Elmé Francatelli. Transcript here. Sources Charles Elmé Francatelli. A Plain Cookery Book For The Working Classes. London: Bosworth and Harrison, 1867 https://archive.org/details/plaincookerybook0000fran —.The…
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May 2022 Episode Delays
Show Notes TL;DL we're hoping to have an episode for you in mid-June! Support Victorian Scribblers by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers
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S5:E3 – Timeline: 1851-1860
Show Notes Courtney and Eleanor discuss some of the major historical events, writers, and genres that shaped the early to mid-Victorian period. Transcript here. Resources for this episode included: Sally Mitchell’s Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia Timeline of Victorian Legislation on Victorian...
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S5:E2 – Eliza Acton
Show Notes Eleanor and Courtney discuss the life of cookery revolutionary, Eliza Acton. Transcript here. Read Eliza Acton's Work UPenn's Online Books Page featuring all digitized editions of her work Poems (1826) Modern Cookery (1845) Resources for this episode included: Asa Briggs. Victorian...
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S5:E1 – Timeline: 1836-1850
Show Notes In the season five premiere, Courtney and Eleanor discuss some of the major historical events, writers, and genres that shaped the beginning of the Victorian period. Transcript here. Resources for this episode included: Sally Mitchell’s Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia Richard…
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Victorian Scribblers Trailer
Show Notes A long overdue trailer as we set out on season five. Music: String Quartet no. 2 in B minor - II. Minuetto moderato, performed by Steve's Bedroom Band
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S4:E12 – A Cup o' Kindness for Auld Lang Syne
Show Notes The story featured in this episode is Mrs Ranford's New Year's Dinner. Read along. If you want to read more about William and Mary Howitt, their Quakerism, and work on behalf of the poor, there's a good overview from the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire.
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S4:E11 – All I Want for Christmas is Improved Working Conditions for All
Show Notes In the tradition of our annual holiday episodes, I’ve gone a little wild with the title of today’s episode. Today, I’ll read you a Christmas Ballad titled “It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse,” which was first published in the 1870s and which floats around with several variant titles....
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S4:E10 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez
Show Notes Tres de Marzo Ya Cepeda, el hombre ilustre que nos legara en herencia la Libertad y la Ciencia fuentes de ventura y paz consagra con noble anhelo para eternizar su gloria a su querida memoria cantos de felicidad. Escuchad… Su augusto nombre por doquier repite el eco… Todo el pueblo...
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S4:E9 – The Land Whale Murders Chapter 1: Eel That Heaven Allows
We still need to get you last month's episode! It's coming! But in the meantime, we have a WHALE of a tale to share: episode one of The Land Whale Murders! _The Land Whale Murder_s is a Gilded Age comedic alternate history podcast about murders, birders, and a missing whale. The show is written…
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S4:E8 – E. Pauline Johnson
Show Notes CW: Racially motivated violence and death, alcohol-related violence, settler violence, residential schools, suicide “A Strong Race Opinion: On the Indian Girl in Modern Fiction”
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Lit Slashing Supercut
Show Notes Eleanor and Courtney have been swamped, so they offer you this supercut of their spinoff podcast, Lit Slashing, in lieu of an episode this month. If you like what you hear, you can subscribe to here: https://pnc.st/s/lit-slashing. Check out litslashing.carrd.co for transcripts, links…
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A Conversation about Anne Brontë with Robin Inboden
Show Notes In this episode, we interview Professor Robin Inboden, who edited the recent Broadview edition of _Agnes Grey_. Also check out Robin's book recommendation, Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life.
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S4:E7 – Mary Church Terrell (Part Two)
in this episode, we wrap up our coverage of the life of Mary Church Terrell! (Courtney here, apologizing for the random thumps. We were in hour two of recording and I apparently had the fidgets. :/) Resources Used and Mentioned Mary Church Terrell. A Colored Woman in a White World Code Switch...
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Our New Project: Lit Slashing
Show Notes Hey Listeners, check out our new project: Lit Slashing, a weekly micro podcast bringing you history’s most notorious bad, backhanded, and brutal reviews of literary classics, coming May 25th, 2021. The transcript for this trailer can be found here. Follow us on Twitter @LitSlashingPod...
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S4:E6 – Mary Church Terrell (Part One)
Show Notes This episode carries a general content warning for discussion of racism. Timestamps for other potentially triggering content: 08:15 - 08:45 (suicide) 09:40 - 10:00 (rape) 13:40 - 15:15, 15:50 - 16:15 (racist police and gun violence) Sources US National Archives page for Mary Church...
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S4:E5 – Isa Blagden
Show Notes In this episode, Courtney and Eleanor chat about the life and work of poet, novelist, and dog-lover, Isa Blagden! (With Courtney's apologies for the episode's lateness. All she can say is: pandemic brain.)
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Bonus Episode - A Conversation about Aimée Duc with Margaret Sönser Breen and Nisha Kommattam
Show Notes We talk to Margaret Sönser Breen and Nisha Kommattam, the editors of a new Broadview Press edition of Aimée Duc's Are They Women?
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Announcement: Delayed Episode
Show Notes Hi Listeners, this is just a brief announcement to let you know that our next episode will be delayed. Like many of you, we are struggling with this ongoing global pandemic. (laughs) Uhhhh. yeah. yeah. But, we've got some cool things in the works. They're coming soon. Fret not. In the...
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Bonus Episode – A Conversation about Isa Blagden with Scheherezade Khan
Show Notes In this episode, we talk to Scheherezade Khan, a masters student at the University of Ottawa, about Isa Blagden and how we can decolonise our approach to Victorian literature. The paper we discussed is Ronjaunee Chatterjee, Alicia Mireles Christoff and Amy R. Wong. 'Introduction:...
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S4:E4 – Christmas with Fanny Jackson Coppin
Show Notes The music used in this episode's break is Charles Wood's 'Ding Dong Merrily on High', performed by Steve's Bedroom Band. Sources Fanny Jackson-Coppin. Reminiscences of School Life; and Hints on Teaching. Digitised by the University of North Carolina. Cassandra Waggoner. ‘Fannie...
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S4:E3 – Gu Taiqing
In Episode 24, Courtney and Eleanor chat about the life and work of renowned Chinese ci and shi poet, Gu Taiqing. Transcript coming soon! Sources for this episode: The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History Wang, Yanning. Reverie and Reality : Poetry on Travel by Late Imperial Chinese Women....
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S4:E2 – Pauline Hopkins
Sources for this episode: Lois Brown. Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Black Daughter of the Revolution Hanna Wallinger. Pauline E. Hopkins: A Literary Biography Cary D. Wintz and Paul Finkelman. The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance [The Pauline Hopkins Society]...
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S4:E1 – Season Four Intro
Description Courtney and Eleanor chat about what they've been up to during hiatus / quarantine and what they're hoping to accomplish in Season Four! Things we mentioned: Eleanor's article Call for participants The books mentioned in this episode are: Akala's Natives Janna Thompson's Should…
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Hiatus Announcement
Link to our read-along details (the full text of this announcement is included there): http://victorianscribblers.com/quarantine-read-along/ Link to a podcast that is heroically providing Covid-19 updates (thanks Erins!): http://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/ Find us on Twitter: @VS_Podcast
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S3:E15 – Martin R. Delany’s Writing
Transcript coming soon. The texts read in this episode are True Patriotism and The Attraction of Planets. You can read True Patriotism, along with other information related to Delany on the website of Moonstone Arts Center. The Attraction of Planets can be found on Hathitrust. Note. Some…
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Bonus Episode – A Conversation with Isabel Greenberg
In this episode, we chat with illustrator and writer, Isabel Greenberg, about her new book, Glass Town, and the Brontës. You can find Isabel on Twitter: @isabelgreenberg, on Instagram, and on her website: https://www.isabelgreenberg.co.uk/ U.S. listeners can find Glass Town here on March 3rd:...
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S3:E14 – Martin R. Delany (Part Three)
The third and final part of our biographical coverage of Martin R. Delany. Transcripts and links coming soon.
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S3:E13 – Martin R. Delany (Part Two)
Resources Gerry Butler. ‘MARTIN ROBISON DELANY (1812-1885)’ Black Past https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/delany-major-martin-robison-1812-1885/ Encyclopedia Virginia entry on Delany https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Delany_Martin_R_1812-1885 African American Authors…
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S3:E12 – Martin R. Delany (Part One)
Resources Why There’s a West Virginia: https://daily.jstor.org/why-theres-a-west-virginia/ Frank A. Rollin. Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany: Sub-assistant commisioner bureau relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and Late Major 104th US Coloured Troops. Boston: Lea and...
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Bonus Episode – Interview with Jo Turner
An informal chat with Jo Turner, a PhD student at Loughborough University studying Marie Corelli. Jo can be found on twitter at @coppertapestry The Sorrows of Satan (Film) figureimg data-attachment-id="1613"...
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S3:E11 – Episode 19 – Marie Corelli’s Writing
Show notes coming soon! Find the PDF of "The Happy Life" below. (I'm aware this PDF is not screen reader accessible and am working on remedying that!!) “The Happy Life”Download Episode 19 Transcript: Download ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reference to...
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S3:E10 – Beautiful Star of … Apocalypse?
Link to "The Star": https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27365/27365-h/27365-h.htm#Page_35 TITLE OF EPISODE IN REFERENCE TO: “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” performed by: Rhonda Vincent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RGLS5BnLZc The Judds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvfhOgpDRxI Judy Garland…
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S3:E9 – Marie Corelli (Part Three)
RESOURCES: Branch article on Oscar Wilde’s trials: https://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=andrew-elfenbein-on-the-trials-of-oscar-wilde-myths-and-realities Nick Birch’s website / blog: http://mariecorelli.org.uk/ Resource about one of Corelli’s ghostly appearances:...
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S3:E8 – Marie Corelli (Part Two)
RESOURCES: Branch article on Oscar Wilde's trials: https://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=andrew-elfenbein-on-the-trials-of-oscar-wilde-myths-and-realities Nick Birch's website / blog: http://mariecorelli.org.uk/ Resource about one of Corelli's ghostly appearances:...
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S3:E7 – Marie Corelli (Part One)
Things we mentioned in this episode: The Victorian Data conference: https://data-caucus.herokuapp.com/ This Victorian authors / penguin height comparison: The Queen of Romania, a secret Victorian Scribbler? See details here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Wied and here...
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S3:E6 – Mary Shelley’s Writing
The texts read in this episode can be found at: History of a Six Weeks' Tour (University of Adelaide) History of a Six Weeks' Tour (Gutenberg) The Mortal Immortal
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S3:E4 – Episode 15 – Mary Shelley (Part Three)
Content Warning: This episode includes mentions and discussion of suicide, miscarriage, infidelity, rape, the death of children, and the death of a spouse. It’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Awareness-Messaging), and we just wanted to...
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S3:E3 – Mary Shelley (Part Two)
Content Warning: This episode includes mentions and discussion of suicide, miscarriage, infidelity, the death of children, and the death of a spouse. It’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Awareness-Messaging), and we just wanted to highlight...
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S3:E2 – Mary Shelley (Part One)
RESOURCES Romantic outlaws : the extraordinary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley / Charlotte Gordon. Frankenstein : complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives / edited by Johanna M....
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S3:E1 – Season Three Intro
Hi listeners! Welcome to Season Three! You can access a PDF transcript below, and I've included links to things we mentioned during the episode below: George Eliot Archive At the Circulating Library Science Fiction List Darko Suvin's article on Victorian Science Fiction Margaret Cavendish's The...
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S2:E22 – The Trollope Who Stole Christmas
E Hi Listeners! Welcome to Episode 13 – The Trollope Who Stole Christmas! If you’ve ever heard of a novelist by the name of Trollope before listening to this season, chances are it was Anthony. The middle child of Frances Milton and Thomas Anthony Trollope, …
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S2:E21 – Frances Eleanor Trollope’s Writing
In this episode, we read Frances Eleanor Trollope's chapter of the collaborative novel, The Fate of Fenella (1892). The edition that Courtney owns is from Valancourt Books, the edition that I (Eleanor) own is actually from Solis Press. I thought I should flag this up before I …
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S2:E20 – Frances Eleanor Trollope
Show notes coming soon!
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Bonus Episode – NAVSA 2018
In this episode, you'll hear excerpts from presentations on the NAVSA panel in which I participated as well as MIDIs of two nineteenth-century songs! Thanks to Miranda Butler for bringing us together to organize the panel, Kate Nesbit and Shannon Draucker for their amazing papers …
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S2:E19 – MS Episode 8 – Wrap-Up
MS 8 – Wrap-Up –YouTube adaptations Middlemarch – Neo-Victorian series set at college. Dorothea is a bi STEM student who is documenting the lives of her friends. She eventually falls for a genderbent Ladislaw. Carmilla – Neo-Victorian. Four seasons and a movie! Quite different …
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S2:E18 – MS Episode 7 – Visualizing the Victorians
MS 7 – Visualizing the Victorians Hi all, welcome to the seventh episode of our Summer 2018 mini series, Victorian Adaptations / Adapting the Victorians. In this episode I’m going to talk about comics and graphic novels which either adapt Victorian stories or present original …
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S2:E17 – MS Episode 6 – Victorians on Television
Adaptations mentioned: Daniel Deronda on IMDB Daniel Deronda on the BBC's website Middlemarch on IMDB North and South on IMDB North and South on BBC iPlayer War and Peace (series) on IMDB War and Peace (series) on BBC iPlayer War and Peace (film) on IMDB …
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Victorian Scribblers is a podcast about the nineteenth-century writers time forgot, from Mary Elizabeth Braddon (the mother of detective fiction) to Marie Corelli (queer science-fiction writer extraordinaire) and beyond. Hosted by Dr. Courtney Floyd, a specialist in nineteenth-century literature and print culture, and Dr. Eleanor Dumbill, a specialist in Victorian literature and publishing.
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