Representations of Modern Greece
in Victorian Popular Culture

A Modern Greek Heroine (1880) by Henry Cresswell 832 1175 REVICTO

A Modern Greek Heroine (1880) by Henry Cresswell

Richard Henry Cresswell’s (1846–1925) first novel, A Modern Greek Heroine, was published anonymously in 1880 by Hurst and Blackett in three volumes. Cresswell had given…

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Victorians and Modern Greece: Literary and Cultural Encounters 789 1176 REVICTO

Victorians and Modern Greece: Literary and Cultural Encounters

Victorians and Modern Greece: Literary and Cultural Encounters Edited By Efterpi Mitsi, Anna Despotopoulou Routledge, 2025 Victorians and Modern Greece examines the representation of nineteenth-century…

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Ridiculous Fashions 560 573 REVICTO

Ridiculous Fashions

Fotis Kalivas In the July 11, 1857, issue of Harper’s Weekly (published in New York), an illustration depicts two middle-class young women, Arabella-Maria, and Julia,…

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REVICTO at The International Nineteenth Century Studies Association (INCSA) Inaugural conference 400 400 REVICTO

REVICTO at The International Nineteenth Century Studies Association (INCSA) Inaugural conference

Two members of the REVICTO team, Efterpi Mitsi and Anna Despotopoulou, organized a panel on ‘Victorians and Intertemporal Greece’ in the conference  ‘The Nineteenth Century…

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Isabella Fyvie Mayo’s “The Girls of Greece” 1211 755 REVICTO

Isabella Fyvie Mayo’s “The Girls of Greece”

Isabella Fyvie Mayo, born in London from Scottish parents, was a widely published poet and author; using the nom de plume “Edward Garrett” she published her stories…

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The “Industrious Spiders of Modern Greece” 2560 1728 REVICTO

The “Industrious Spiders of Modern Greece”

An article entitled “From Corinth to the Parthenon”, published in The Cornhill Magazine on 7 December 1886, vividly describes a British tourist’s first impressions of…

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REVICTO at (E)motion in Changing Worlds International Conference, Part 2 1200 1600 REVICTO

REVICTO at (E)motion in Changing Worlds International Conference, Part 2

Three members of the REVICTO team presented their papers at the (E)motion in Changing Worlds International Conference (Thessaloniki,  3-5 November 2023), at a special panel…

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REVICTO at (E)motion in Changing Worlds International Conference 1432 374 REVICTO

REVICTO at (E)motion in Changing Worlds International Conference

We are very happy to announce that three members of the REVICTO team will be presenting their papers at the international conference (E)motion in Changing…

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Modern Greece in the Victorian Periodical Press, 1821-1897 645 917 REVICTO

Modern Greece in the Victorian Periodical Press, 1821-1897

The REVICTO team is very pleased to present its new digital research tool, a supplement to REVICTO’s Digital Index. “Modern Grece in the Victorian Periodical…

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