CFP: London Nineteenth-Century Studies Seminar Graduate Conference
October 15, 2019
Reynolds and Me
September 23, 2019
By Dr. Stephen Carver, Literary Historian As a child, I possessed a morbid passion for nineteenth century gothic literature. I had inherited this trait from my mother, a Catholic turned Spiritualist with a taste for true crime and horror film and fiction. My parents had me late in life and my grandparents were all born … More Reynolds and Me
GWM Reynolds’ Only Play
August 25, 2019
I was intrigued by Louis James blog (13/2/19) regarding ‘The Catacombs of Paris’, GWMR’s only known play. As I live in Herne Bay and the Templeman Library at the University of Canterbury is close by, I arranged to view the manuscript and was shown into the Special Collections viewing room. A small notebook lay on a … More GWM Reynolds’ Only Play
‘Reynolds Re-evalutated’ Evaluated
July 27, 2019
Our narrative opens on the 23rd of July, 2019. A stifling heat pervaded the great metropolis, and the streets were swarming with life. Crowds of Londoners, like myriad animated streams, were pouring through the countless avenues and thoroughfares, diverging and then converging – and every constituent marched doggedly with one thing, one person, on their … More ‘Reynolds Re-evalutated’ Evaluated
Reynolds Studies: A Personal History by Rohan McWilliam
June 24, 2019
I can honestly claim to have been interested in George W.M. Reynolds since early adolescence, even if my path into his life and work differs from the literary scholars who are making him their own. I first came across Reynolds in the library at St. Paul’s School in Barnes when I happened in a lunch … More Reynolds Studies: A Personal History by Rohan McWilliam
Chartism Day Annual Conference
May 13, 2019
Please find below details of a Chartism conference being held at Newcastle University which may be of interest. Chartism Day Annual Conference Date/Time: 1 June 2019 Venue: Armstrong Building, Newcastle University The Labour and Society Research Group in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, will host the annual conference on the Chartist … More Chartism Day Annual Conference
Reynolds Society Launch
April 15, 2019
G.W.M. Reynolds Society Launch Event
March 22, 2019
Stephen Knight on ‘The Man Who Outsold Dickens’
March 5, 2019
No prizes for guessing who the above moniker applies to. In light of the recent publication of G. W. M. Reynolds and His Fiction – The Man Who Outsold Dickens, it seemed like a good idea to conduct a bit of a parley with the book’s author, Stephen Knight. The Man Who Outsold Dickens covers … More Stephen Knight on ‘The Man Who Outsold Dickens’
OUT OF THE DARKNESS: G.W.M. REYNOLDS’S PLAY, THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS (1840?)
February 13, 2019
The useful ‘Post on ‘G.W.M. Reynolds’s The Modern Literature of France (1839) points us to his only known attempt at writing for the stage. The Catacombs of Paris. A Melodrama in Two Acts exists as a manuscript in the theatrical collection of the late Arthur Williams (1844-1915).[i] Comparison with a contemporary letter by Reynolds confirms … More OUT OF THE DARKNESS: G.W.M. REYNOLDS’S PLAY, THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS (1840?)
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