I found the topic of Undisciplining Victorian Studies in this class's discussion to be very interesting. Historically speaking Victorian studies have been seen as a prodominetly white community, not much of the literature was written or published by people of colour. Many works that have been studied have been dug up and rediscovered.

The introduction of Pamela Colman Smith’s work for The Annancy Stories was a welcome change to the more classical stories of Victorian England we had been studying thus far for this course. I was familiar beforehand with the character of Anansi and his various folktales and mythologies, but I was surprised to discover that these stories were being published during this characteristically racially discriminatory and prejudiced time period for a predominantly white audience.

I was rather struck by the illustrations for The Annancy Stories in that Smith's style of artwork feels much more fluid than anything we have come across thus far. It gives the impression of inky brushstrokes rather than of rigidly controlled lines.