1999/09/01 by Linda Shires, Linda M. Shires
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society #Historical Economic and Social Studies #Social and Cultural Dynamics
paper · doi:10.1017/s1060150399272105
openalex publication_date 1999/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
V ICTORIAN STUDIES PRACTITIONERS have often applauded themselves on their openness to views, topics, and approaches not immediately recognizable as already part of the field. I put the formulation this way because Victorian studies scholars and critics also prize the field for its capaciousness; they tend to think of the field as large and already all-inclusive. It houses many genres and sub-disciplines and it first welcomed certain kinds of critical theory when other historical fields moved more slowly to accept them.