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Subject: VICTORIA Digest - 10 Mar 2003 to 11 Mar 2003 (#2003-69)
There are 9 messages totalling 342 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Bohemians (2)
2. plagiarism
3. Affection in Poetry
4. lecture on Harriet Taylor Mill
5. A Famous French Case/Menstruation/ Blood groups etc
6. cfp
7. CFP: Performing Taste: Constructing Middle-Class Subjectivity (MMLA)
8. CFP: Victorian Identities: Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies
(5/31/2003)
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 07:48:30 -0500
From: "D.C. Rose" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Bohemians
1. I see that Anne Galbally's new biography of Charles Conder is subtitled
'The last bohemian', a rather tendentious claim wouldn't you say?
2. Of Dermod O?Brien, a future President of the Royal Hibernian Academy,
who studied in Paris in 1891: ?Artist though he was, he was also an Irish
gentleman and he could never feel at ease in the Bohemian crowd? (Lennox
Robinson: Palette & Plough, A Pen and Ink Drawing of Dermod O?Brien
P.R.H.A. Dublin: Browne & Nolan 1948 p.61.)
3. Of the Savage Club, founded in 1855, ?the holy of holies of
Bohemianism? (Sir GeorgeArthur: ?Clubs and Club Life? in Fifty Years,
Memories and Contrasts. A Composite Picture of the Period 1882-1932. By
Twenty-Seven Contributors to The Times. London: Thornton Butterworth & Co
1932. Keystone Library Edition 1936 p.35) . ?This Bohemian institution,?
says Nevill, ?has always had a number of celebrities on its list?, and he
names, among others, J.L. Toole, Dion Boucicault, G.A. Sala, Squire
Bancroft, G.A. Henty, and both Gilbert and Sullivan. ( Ralph Nevill:
Romantic London. London: Cassell & Co 1928 p.76.)
3. Of the Fielding Club, which had a reputation for the excellence of its
grill and its Pol Roger ?74 , a nasty combination: Subsequently, a number
of ?stage-door Johnnies? joined ?and with their entrance the club lost all
its charm and pleasant Bohemianism? (Leslie Ward: Forty Years of ?Spy?.
London: Chatto & Windus n.d. p.184.).
4. Guy Thorne, in his 1903 best seller When It Was Dark, wrote:
?"The days when you couldn?t be a genius without being dirty," said the
Vicar, "are gone. I am glad of it. I was staying at St Ives last summer,
where there is quite an artistic settlement. All the painters carried golf
clubs and looked like professional athletes. They drink Bohea in Bohemia
now"?.
Clearly this is a reference to the tea toast of Bohemia.
David Rose
D.C. Rose M.A. (Oxon), Dip Arts Admin (N.U.I.)
Editor, THE OSCHOLARS
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:11:09 +0000
From: Stephen White <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: plagiarism
This thread has gone a little cold, but Reade actually wrote a
substantial book entitled "The Eighth Commandment". It is a long time
since I read it but from my recollection it is a diatribe against
plagiarism and in particular against the French for plagiarising England
authors!
Anthony Trollope in his Autobiography describes it as "a wonderful work
which has I believe been read by very few" and then recounts an occasion
when he and Reade fell out over a plot plagiarised by Reade from
Trollope. Reade had acknowledged Trollope but had not first asked
Trollope whether he could use the plot.
In message , Sheldon Goldfarb <[log in to unmask]> writes
> Patrick's posting reminds me of a plagiarism accusation against Charles
> Reade involving a French play. Reade was often involved in plagiarism and
> copyright cases, sometimes as plaintiff, sometimes as defendant (I use the
> legal terms because I believe some of these cases ended up in court).
>
> There's some discussion in the Archives on Victorian era plagiarism, but
> perhaps someone with greater knowledge of the subject can direct us to
> some standard survey of the issue.
>
> Sheldon Goldfarb
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:27:13 +0000
From: Emma Mason <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Affection in Poetry
Dear Victorianists,
I'm looking for titles of poetry collections in the nineteenth century that
contain the word 'affection': I'm aware of most of the Romantic collections,
Hemans' Songs of the Affections, Wordsworth's Poems on Affection and so on;
but are there any Victorian examples?
NB. I'm NOT looking for references to affection in general as there are
literally thousands and thousands as the word comes to simply signify love
or sentimentalism. I'm just interested in titles of collections of poetry
that use the word.
Thanks in advance!
very best,
Emma Mason
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:32:30 -0600
From: jo ellen jacobs <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: lecture on Harriet Taylor Mill
I will be giving a lecture on "The Intimate Voice of Harriet Taylor
Mill" at the IES Center, 5 Bloomsbury Place, London on Wednesday
March 19 at 4:00.
You are welcome to attend, but please email me privately, if you plan
to attend so that seating can be reserved.
Jo Ellen Jacobs
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:02:41 -0000
From: Susan Hoyle <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: A Famous French Case/Menstruation/ Blood groups etc
<< I wonder. if . there were differences between forensic science and
clinical applications involved >>
Yes, indeed. That is to say, I can well imagine that it is one matter to
use science to help identify from whom some blood might have come (or more
likely, from whom it could _not_ have come) and another to use the same
science to identify who could receive a given specimen of blood.
Susan Hoyle
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 23:56:04 -0500
From: Leila May <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: cfp
Call for Papers, Pacific Coast Ancient and Modern Language Association
(PAMLA) Annual Conference, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, November 7-9
Special Session: Victorian Secrets
Proposals of 500 words and a 50-word abstract to be sent VIA EMAIL by
March 20 to:
Leila S. May
Department of English
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27696-8105
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:18:44 -0500
From: Jennifer Liethen Kunka <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: CFP: Performing Taste: Constructing Middle-Class Subjectivity
(MMLA)
For the 45th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association,
November 7-9, 2003, in Chicago, Illinois:
English II: English Literature 1800-1900 (permanent section): "Performing
Taste: Constructing Middle-Class Subjectivity."
This panel seeks abstracts for papers that explore the manner in which
performances of taste, gentility, and morality in literature contribute to
constructions of middle-class subjectivity in the nineteenth century. In
*An Open Elite? England 1540-1880*, Lawrence Stone and Jeanne C. Fawtier
Stone explore the middle classes' increased attention to and investment in
the trappings of nobility, the performance of prestige, and the appearances
of wealth: "What makes the rise of this middling sort so crucial is their
attitude towards their social superiors. Instead of resenting them, they
eagerly sought to imitate them, aspiring to gentility by copying the
education, manners, and behaviour of the gentry. . . . Their attitude thus
provided the glue which bound together the top half or more of the nation by
means of an homogenized culture of gentility that left elite hegemony
unaffected" (409). In this panel, we seek to explore the cultural growth
and establishment of the middle classes as expressed through behavioral,
theatrical, economic, and social performances in literature of the period.
Please send abstracts and inquiries to Jennifer Liethen Kunka, Panel Chair,
at [log in to unmask] by 4/1/03.
Jennifer Liethen Kunka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English &
Writing Center Director
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina
Office phone: (843) 661-1520
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:41:11 -0800
From: Peter O'Neill <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: CFP: Victorian Identities: Australasian Journal of Victorian
Studies (5/31/2003)
will you print out this for me also?
Elizabeth Hale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
'Victorian Identities': AVSJ (Australasian Victorian Studies Journal)
Volume 9 for 2003
The AVSJ is an annual interdisciplinary journal. We are now calling for
articles on the theme of 'Victorian Identities' for consideration by our
referees for publication in AVSJ Volume 9 2003. Topics might include:
* Cultural forms in the construction of identity
* Associations and institutions (e.g., clubs, schools) in the
construction of identity
* Religion and religious practices in the construction of identity
* Science and identity
* Place and identity
* Gendered identities
* Class identities
* National identities
* Imperial and colonial identities
* Fractured and multiple identities.
We do not, however, wish to restrict your interpretation of the theme,
and informative and provocative papers on other topics relating to the
designated theme will be considered.
If you wish to submit a paper please send it to the editors no later than
31 MAY 2003, keeping the following guidelines in mind.
FORMAT
2 hard copies in laser quality print on A4 white paper (double-spaced)
accompanied by a high-density disk identified by means of a label stating
your name, the title of your paper, the file name and format in which it
is saved. Please send your work on a Mac formatted disk saved in
Microsoft Word 6 or above, or RTF. Please ensure that the hard copies
themselves do not identify the author and that the disk is scanned for
viruses.
ILLUSTRATIONS
We welcome illustrations but they must be presented in the highest
quality reproduction available. Black-and-white line drawings may be
submitted in high resolution photocopies; photographs or slides of
paintings should be of high quality production such as those supplied by
art galleries. Contributors are responsible for ensuring copyright
clearance.
STYLE
Your work should conform to the latest MLA style guide, using
parenthetical documentation with a list of "Works Cited" and minimal
footnotes; quotes of less than four lines should be enclosed within
double inverted commas (") and be kept within the body of the text;
single inverted commas (') should be used for quotes within quotes;
quotes of over four lines should be indented with no inverted commas.
Submissions that do not conform to MLA style will be returned for
modification.
Note that the "Works Cited" should reference only those works that have
been specifically referred to by page number in your text; we do not
require lists of books that you have consulted but not quoted.
WORD LIMIT
7000 words.
A short biographical note (no more than three or four lines) should
accompany your submission. Please include your full mailing address,
email address and phone number.
Please send to:
The Editors
AVSJ
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University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Australia
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:46:37 +1100
From: Ellen Jordan <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Bohemians
Since this thread is lingering on, I can't resist once again recommending
Charlotte Yonge's The Pillars of the House (1873). In the part of the story
set in the early 1860s, one member of the family (thirteen orphaned
children of a clergyman left almost penniless) with whom the story is
concerned gives up a commercial career to become a painter and moves in
bohemian circles. At one point he brings a group of singers to the family
town and a younger brother who is working in the bookshop and printery that
his eldest brother has entered to support the family, is invited to join
them. He has the following conversation with his sister: "Now Robin, say in
three words. Do you want me to be a mere counter-jumper all my life?" "O
Lance - don't."
"There, you see what you really feel about it. Now - without coming to such
a point as Sims Reeves or Joachim, - or" (and Lance's face was full of
infinite possibility), "I could with the most ordinary luck get up high
enough to have a handsome maintenance; and atany rate I should live with
what is life to me - have time to study the science - be a composer maybe -
and get into a society that is not all inferior. I hate the isolation we
live in here - not a real lady out of one's own family to be friendly with
one." "But I don't think ladies are so with musical people."
"Maybe not, but they are a strong, cultivated, refined society of their
own, able to take care of themselves."
He is, however, later disgusted find that what his brother described as
bohemian people "living like the birds of the air" involved inflating the
"expenses" for which they had agreed to sing at a local charity concert.
There is also an interesting account in H.G. Wells's Joan and Peter (1918)
of the 1890s bohemianism indulged in by the descendants of industrialists
who had inherited private means.
Ellen Jordan
University of Newcastle
Australia
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