Open AccessVictorian Studies and its Publics
Author(s) -
Carol T. Christ
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
romanticism and victorianism on the net
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1916-1441
DOI - 10.7202/039561ar
Subject(s) - publics , queen (butterfly) , field (mathematics) , history , sociology , media studies , political science , law , politics , hymenoptera , botany , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology
In reflecting on Victorian studies and its publics, we must remember the peculiar history of the term Victorian—a historical characterization that emerged even while the queen still reigned, a derisive caricature on the part of early twentieth-century writers, and an academic definition of a field of study. Because the Victorians were the first to experience many of the changes fundamental to modern society, Victorian studies has a particular resonance for its many publics