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Hearing Trilby: A Phonographic Reading of Sonic Nostalgia 听觉颤音:声音怀旧的留声机阅读

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/vcr.2021.0030

Jason Camlot

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Tangling and Untangling the Trollopes: A Stylometric Analysis of Frances Milton Trollope, Frances Eleanor Trollope, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, and Charles Dickens 缠结与解开特罗洛普:弗朗西丝·米尔顿·特罗洛普、弗朗西丝·埃莉诺·特罗洛普、安东尼·特罗洛普、托马斯·阿道夫斯·特罗洛普和查尔斯·狄更斯的文体分析

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/vcr.2021.0032

Leah Henrickson, Eleanor Dumbill

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Finding (and Moving on from) the Father: The Appeal of George Meredith's Adventures of Harry Richmond 寻找(并离开)父亲:乔治·梅雷迪思的哈里·里奇蒙历险记的吸引力

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/vcr.2021.0028

Jacqueline Banerjee

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Thackeray's Vanity Fair and The Newcomes 萨克雷的《名利场》和《新来的人

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/vcr.2021.0025

Juliet Mcmaster

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A Form of (Spiritual) Knowing: Word-Music and the Verticality of Prayer in George MacDonald 一种(属灵的)认知:乔治·麦克唐纳的文字音乐与祷告的垂直性

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/vcr.2021.0034

A. Vernon

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Evangelical Periodical Culture: Or, Evangelicalism Was Everywhere 福音期刊文化：或者说，福音主义无处不在

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI: 10.1353/VCR.2020.0039

J. Shields

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Editor's Note 编者按

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI: 10.1353/vcr.2020.0030

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Protestant Evangelism in India: A Beginner's Guide 印度新教传福音:初学者指南

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI: 10.1353/VCR.2020.0027

P. Courtright, M. Gibson

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Across the (Many) Dividing Lines: Evangelicalism and the Spirit of Interdenominational Co-operation 跨越(许多)分界线:福音主义与跨教派合作的精神

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI: 10.1353/VCR.2020.0041

C. P. Stutz

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The Man-Eating Tiger: Wild Animal Politics and Colonial Indian Identity 吃人的老虎:野生动物政治和殖民印度身份

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Victorian Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI: 10.1353/VCR.2020.0023

Keridiana W. Chez

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