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

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

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 at the Theatre Royal, Covent…

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The Greek Key in Victorian Fashion Plates

The Greek Key in Victorian Fashion Plates 355 1111 REVICTO

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 them into their designs. The…

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REVICTO at the “Grand Tour” lectures, Benaki Museum

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

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 John Frederick Lewis’s Enigmatic Greek…

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A Modern Greek Heroine (1880) by Henry Cresswell

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

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 up his curacy at Christ…

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Victorians and Modern Greece: Literary and Cultural Encounters

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

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 Greece in British magazines, fiction,…

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Ridiculous Fashions

Ridiculous Fashions 560 573 REVICTO

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 Julia, talking to each other.…

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

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

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 Today: Interdisciplinary, International, Intertemporal’ which…

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Isabella Fyvie Mayo’s “The Girls of Greece”

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

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 in serialized form in popular…

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The “Industrious Spiders of Modern Greece”

The “Industrious Spiders of Modern Greece” 2560 1728 REVICTO

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 Greece.  Upon arriving at Corinth,…

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

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

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 on Greek Travel and Victorian…

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