he Victorian section of the online Literary Encyclopedia is commissioning entries from new authors on the works/authors/topics listed below. We are especially eager to hear from advanced doctoral students and early career researchers. All entries are peer-reviewed. Most articles are between 2000 and 2500 words, and deadlines are negotiable. The publication is a not-for-profit, and will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary towards the end of this year.
Topics (ordinarily longer than 2500 words)
:- The Fin de Siècle
- Victorian Ecocriticism
Texts (usually 2000-2500 words)
:- Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach"
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Aurora Floyd
- Samuel Butler, Erewhon
- Marie Corelli, Wormwood
- Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders
- Charles Reade, The Cloister and the Hearth
- R.L Stevenson, In the South Seas
- R.L. Stevenson, The Amateur Emigrant
- R.L. Stevenson, The Wrecker
- Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm
- Anthony Trollope, The Fixed Period
- Charlotte M. Yonge, The Clever Woman of the Family
- Oscar Wilde, Vera
Authors (2000-2500 words):
The Literary Encyclopedia is also very keen to hear from anyone with an interest in writing on nineteenth-century Australian or New Zealand literature.
For those who are interested in writing about any of the above topics, texts, or authors, please contact Grace Moore
.Created September 6, 2025
Last modified September 6, 2025