New Instance #introduction

I research illustrated popular fiction in the #19thCentury periodical press, esp. that of #GrantAllen & esp. as published in the #StrandMagazine. Recent projects also examine how GA's scientific notions regarding #Eugenics infused his #PopFiction. My interest in the #C19 #WomanQuestion drew me to GA, who crafts compelling women within the constraints of the demands of a conservative mass market readership.

My PhD #prelims focus on the WQ, #C19Prose, and the periodical press. While I focus on prelims, I'm sadly ignoring conferences and the like; stepping back to step forward!

My work is published in Victorian Periodicals Review and Victorian Popular Fictions Journal.

Other details: I taught high school English for a decade, spent 5 years as my kid's primary care-giver whilst pursuing my MA, and then several years as an ind. scholar and adjunct instructor. #TeacherScholar I'm also active in #PEO, an org. that helps women fund their education.

Now that #GrantAllen's "time is not quite so filled now with hack-work as formerly," he can enjoy using the telescope that "[#Darwin] and the other kind friends" bought for him.

What treasures {or horrors, as the case may sometimes be} might the Darwin Correspondence Project at #CambridgeUL reveal about your #C19 passions?

#histodons #scihistodons #hstm #victodons

https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13736.xml&query=grant%20allen

Now that #GrantAllen's "time is not quite so filled now with hack-work as formerly," he can enjoy using the telescope that "[#Darwin] and the other kind friends" bought for him.

What treasures {or horrors, as the case may sometimes be} might the Darwin Correspondence Project at #CambridgeUL reveal about your #C19 passions?

#histodons #scihistodons #hstm #victodons

https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13736.xml&query=grant%20allen

Working with Peter Morton's fabulous #bibliography of #GrantAllen's writings. The data on nonfiction shows an interesting pattern: The #CornhillMagazine prints an essay, and then two less-familiar-to-me #C19Periodicals--Living Age + Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Lit, Science, & Art--#reprint it. This happens 4x in 1890 alone.

Does this particular reprinting stream ring any bells? #Curious

@patrickleary @AndrewKing @Bethgaskell