Representations of Modern Greece
in Victorian Popular Culture

“The Greek Boy” or “The Art of Greeking” 746 707 REVICTO

“The Greek Boy” or “The Art of Greeking”

On 29 September 1840 Samuel Lover’s musical drama in two acts “The Greek Boy or the Doge’s ring and the Bride of the Adriatic” premiered…

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The Greek Key in Victorian Fashion Plates 355 1111 REVICTO

The Greek Key in Victorian Fashion Plates

By Fotis Kalivas Fashion trends in the Victorian era had a reputation for borrowing foreign, national, and traditional patterns or pieces of clothing and incorporating…

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REVICTO at the “Grand Tour” lectures, Benaki Museum 936 658 REVICTO

REVICTO at the “Grand Tour” lectures, Benaki Museum

We are delighted to announce that on December 10, REVICTO’s principal investigator, Evi Mitsi, gave a lecture as invited speaker at the Benaki Museum. Titled…

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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

By 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…

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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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