Florence Marryat (1833-99) - novelist, playwright, actress, singer, spiritualist http://www.florencemarryat.org Eminent Victorian Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:15:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sex, Courtship and Marriage in Victorian Popular Culture – Conference http://www.florencemarryat.org/2011/06/sex-courtship-and-marriage-in-victorian-popular-culture-conference/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2011/06/sex-courtship-and-marriage-in-victorian-popular-culture-conference/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:15:20 +0000 admin http://www.florencemarryat.org/?p=252 Victorian marriageIt’s not too late to register for the Victorian Popular Fiction Association’s annual conference. There’s a cracking programme this year, including two papers on Florence Marryat:

Éadoin Agnew, ‘”The Juggernaut of English domestic life”: Mimicry and Marriage in Florence Marryat’s Veronique’

Greta Depledge, ‘Experimental medicine and marital harmony: Florence Marryat’s In the Name of Liberty’

If you’re interested in only a particular session or paper, then discounted rates can be organised on the day. Just turn up, and we’ll accommodate your needs.

The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed, and anyone with an interest in Victorian fiction is welcome.

I hope to meet some of you there!

Victorian Popular Fiction Association – 3rd Annual Conference, 18th & 19th July 2011 – Institute for English Studies, University of London

Theme: Sex, Courtship and Marriage in Victorian Popular Culture

Keynote speakers: Andrew King (Canterbury Christ Church University) and Jennifer Phegley (University of Missouri-Kansas City)

For the full conference programme and details of how to register, please visit the IES website.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2011/06/sex-courtship-and-marriage-in-victorian-popular-culture-conference/feed/ 0 Victorian Popular Fiction Study Day http://www.florencemarryat.org/2010/10/victorian-popular-fiction-study-day/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2010/10/victorian-popular-fiction-study-day/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:14:11 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/?p=244 I’m pleased to announce a forthcoming Victorian Popular Fiction Association study day at the Institute of English Studies, London on 13th November 2010 (2-5pm).

It is the aim of this study day to explore issues of thematic interest in the work and lives of Victorian popular novelists.  We are using the life and work of Florence Marryat as a starting point for this exploration but would hope that the nature of the themes under discussion – female detectives, identity, the Victorian press, marriage reform – would be of interest to academics working in similar areas in the work of other Victorian popular novelists.

Speakers:

Greta Depledge (Royal Holloway)
Female detectives in late nineteenth-century fiction and Florence Marryat’s ‘In the Name of Liberty’

Georgina O’ Brien Hill (University of Chester)
(Re)claiming Identity in Florence Marryat’s ‘Her Father’s Name’ and Wilkie Collins’s ‘No Name’.

Tatiana Kontou (University of Sussex)
1865: Literature, culture and Florence Marryat

Beth Palmer (University of Surrey)
Florence Marryat and the Victorian Press

Catherine Pope (University of Sussex)
“The chain that galls”: Florence Marryat and the campaign for marriage reform

This event is free but if you wish to be kept informed of events organized by the Victorian Popular Fiction Association, then a membership form can be downloaded from the VFPA website.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2010/10/victorian-popular-fiction-study-day/feed/ 0 Added synopsis of The Prey of the Gods http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/added-synopsis-of-the-prey-of-the-gods/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/added-synopsis-of-the-prey-of-the-gods/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:52:24 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=200 I have added a short synopsis and some background material for The Prey of the Gods.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/added-synopsis-of-the-prey-of-the-gods/feed/ 0 Synopsis of My Own Child added http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/synopsis-of-my-own-child-added/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/synopsis-of-my-own-child-added/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:07:57 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=193 I have just added a synopsis of My Own Child, a curious novel in which Florence Marryat explores Spiritualism, Catholicism, and maternal love.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/synopsis-of-my-own-child-added/feed/ 0 Synopsis of The Strange Transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs added http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/synopsis-of-the-strange-transfiguration-of-hannah-stubbs-added/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/synopsis-of-the-strange-transfiguration-of-hannah-stubbs-added/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:01:16 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=180 I’ve just added a detailed synopsis of The Strange Transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs, one of Florence Marryat’s most entertaining novels.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/11/synopsis-of-the-strange-transfiguration-of-hannah-stubbs-added/feed/ 0 Preface to Veronique added http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/preface-to-veronique-added/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/preface-to-veronique-added/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:11:27 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=158 I have just uploaded Marryat’s preface to Veronique, in which she defends her use of the sensation genre and denounces her critics.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/preface-to-veronique-added/feed/ 0 Synposis of Petronel added http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/synposis-of-petronel-added/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/synposis-of-petronel-added/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:10:12 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=156 I’ve just added  a synopsis of Petronel.  Not my favourite of Marryat’s novels, but an interesting contrast with Nelly Brooke.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/synposis-of-petronel-added/feed/ 0 New critical edition of Her Father's Name http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/new-critical-edition-of-her-fathers-name/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/new-critical-edition-of-her-fathers-name/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:47:24 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=120 A new critical edition of Her Father’s Name, edited by Greta Depledge, is now available from Victorian Secrets.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/10/new-critical-edition-of-her-fathers-name/feed/ 0 Synopsis of For Ever and Ever added http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/09/synopsis-of-for-ever-and-ever-added/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/09/synopsis-of-for-ever-and-ever-added/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:16:11 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=114 I have just added a synopsis of For Ever and Ever.  I’m afraid it’s rather long, and you’d be forgiven for thinking it might be quicker to read the novel.  I shall give it a vigorous edit when time permits.

]]> http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/09/synopsis-of-for-ever-and-ever-added/feed/ 0 New critical edition of The Dead Man's Message http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/09/new-critical-edition-of-the-dead-mans-message/ http://www.florencemarryat.org/2009/09/new-critical-edition-of-the-dead-mans-message/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:51:42 +0000 admin http://florencemarryat.org/wordpress/?p=94 A new critical edition of The Dead Man’s Message, edited by Greta Depledge, is now available from Victorian Secrets.

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