Oscar Wilde as "Pansy" in Cartoons & Caricatures from 1880-1895

Submitted by Michael Indovina on

This timeline is comprised of depcitions of Oscar Wilde in magazines such as Punch, Puck, Harper's Bazar, The Wasp, The Judge, Harper's Weekly, and The Illustrated Police News. The aim of this timeline is to present research surrounding the relationship between Oscar Wilde and flowers, as depicted in the aforementioned media of the time. The reason this is of interest is because of the history of the "pansy" stereotype in regards to gay men.

Women as Portrayed in the Illustrated London News

Submitted by Madison Delaney on

Using the Jan-Jun 1879 volume and the Jul-Dec 1881 volume, this timeline highlights the socially acceptable realm of women in the early Victorian period, and how it changed over time. Using ads, articles, and illustrations from the Illustrated London News, it seeks to discover what was being marketed to women through the media as desirable, but is overwhelmingly a picture of upper-middle class ideals. This timeline was created in 2024 for ENGH/WGST 304: Sexuality and Gender in 19th-Century Literature and Culture at Drew University.

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