Representations of Modern Greece
in Victorian Popular Culture

“A Modern Nausicaa” and Tourism in Corfu 1442 1800 REVICTO

“A Modern Nausicaa” and Tourism in Corfu

“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…

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“A Legend of Corinth” by Elizabeth Youatt (1843) 1280 1514 REVICTO

“A Legend of Corinth” by Elizabeth Youatt (1843)

“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…

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“A Greek Hamlet” (1880) 400 701 REVICTO

“A Greek Hamlet” (1880)

“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…

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REVICTO at BAVS2022 1361 843 REVICTO

REVICTO at BAVS2022

We are very pleased to announce that our team member, Tatiana Kontou, will present a paper entitled ‘Photography, Play and Marie Spartali Stillman’ in the…

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Lucy Mary Jane Garnett and Greek Women – Part II 1811 2560 REVICTO

Lucy Mary Jane Garnett and Greek Women – Part II

In 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…

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Lucy Mary Jane Garnett and Greek Women – Part I 1260 1859 REVICTO

Lucy Mary Jane Garnett and Greek Women – Part I

Lucy 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…

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The Cretan Revolt (1896-1898), Part 2 – Our Learned Philhellenes 1271 2000 REVICTO

The Cretan Revolt (1896-1898), Part 2 – Our Learned Philhellenes

In 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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The Cretan Revolt (1896-1898), Part 1 1561 2000 REVICTO

The Cretan Revolt (1896-1898), Part 1

During the second half of the nineteenth century the “Cretan Question” appeared regularly in the Victorian press, particularly in periods of crisis (1866-1869, 1878, and…

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REVICTO at the CIVIS Summer School, June 2022 1280 720 REVICTO

REVICTO at the CIVIS Summer School, June 2022

Professor Efrerpi Mitsi gave a keynote lecture entitled “Women Travellers to Greece” at the CIVIS Summer School on Culture, French Travel and European Mobilities. The Summer School…

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