Response Blog 1 (Sept 10)

After our first meeting today, I am quite intrigued and excited to learn about the “Goblin Market”. I have no prior knowledge and still am not sure what exactly it is but the name alone has piqued my interest. I am always fascinated by the various academic and scholarly platforms/archives Dr. Janzen introduces to us. This is my second class with her and it is always interesting to discover new mediums or forums available to us in academia that previously I never would have known existed. I am also looking forward to exploring A Christmas Carol.

Week One Response - September 10th

Today, being reintroduced to Victorian literature in the form of Illustrated books was refreshing as an English major. I am looking forward to furthering my knowledge on literature during this particular time period, and especially to be joined once again with Lorraine Janzen for another semester. What particularly intrigued me about today's introduction is how we will be able to analyze numerous Victorian Illustrated texts through different lenses.

Week One Response - September 10th

Today, being reintroduced to Victorian literature in the form of Illustrated books was refreshing as an English major. I am looking forward to furthering my knowledge on literature during this particular time period, and especially to be joined once again with Lorraine Janzen for another semester. What particularly intrigued me about today's introduction is how we will be able to analyze numerous Victorian Illustrated texts through different lenses.

ENG910 Blog Post #1

Illustration is not a topic that I have much knowledge about, and prior to my undergraduate studies it was not something that I would have considered interesting to me. Since taking ENG810 earlier in my degree, working with illustrated texts for the first time sparked an interest in me that I am bringing into this course.

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is the location of the scene in the first painting Mary sees of Perry's, Two Sisters, when she is critiquing art at the Society of United Artists. It is a public square in the City of Wesminster, Central London, established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. 

Niagara

In Chapter 13, Vincent Hemmingway finally comes to see Mary in London after she was been waiting. They were in a ways at a loss of words, so Mary asked him about his travels. He began talking about Niagara and says, ""Niagara," said Hemming, with a certain solemnity, "Niagara is something like London. The great falls, you know, are not beautiful; neither is London. But they are, like London, a unique, a terrifying spectacle. The roar, the immensity, the sense of a great power for ever driving forward; all these things are identical.

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