The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847)
Part I: “The Pearl of the Bosphorus – a Tale of the Phanar” In 1847, two Greek-themed short stories were published anonymously in the Dublin…
read morePart I: “The Pearl of the Bosphorus – a Tale of the Phanar” In 1847, two Greek-themed short stories were published anonymously in the Dublin…
read moreIn 1870, just after the Cretan Revolt of 1866-1869, Mary Louisa Whately (1824-1889), an English missionary in Egypt, published a story entitled “The Greek Slave,”…
read more“A Modern Nausicaa.” All the Year Round 4:87 (Aug 30, 1890): 210-216 At the dawn of mass tourism in the late Victorian period, Corfu was…
read more“A Legend of Corinth.” New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, 68:272 (1843): 440-448. “Once again turn we back with lingering fondness to Corinth—tradition-haunted Corinth! As…
read more“A Greek Hamlet.” Fraser’s magazine 610 (Oct 1880): 511-527 “A Greek Hamlet” fictionalizes and revises the story of Periander, Tyrant of Corinth in the 6th…
read moreWe are very pleased to announce that our team member, Tatiana Kontou, will present a paper entitled ‘Photography, Play and Marie Spartali Stillman’ in the…
read moreIn 1899, ten years after her essay in The Women’s World on the Christian women of the East, Lucy M.J. Garnett published an article entitled…
read moreLucy Mary Jane Garnett (1849–1934) was a folklorist, ethnographer, and traveller, who travelled extensively in the Balkans and Middle East, recording the customs of the…
read moreIn Part one of the “Cretan Revolt” blog post, mention was made of a theatrical play by journalist and author Henry Duff Traill. The play…
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