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​Neo-Victorian Literature (as a whole):
-The video attached at the top of the page gives a brief history of Victorian Literature. This source acts as a good introduction for Neo-Victorian fiction, since it is its predecessor. 

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-Victorian era cartoons that would have been found in Punch magazine.

Possession by A.S. Byatt: 
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-Here is an article titled, "The Redemptive Past in the Neo-Victorian Novel" by Dana Shiller. She talks about the Neo-Victorian novel and combats Fredric Jameson's critique of postmodern views of history as a narrative text. 

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood:
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-This article talks about Alias Grace as a prison narrative, and frames Grace Mark's many confinements throughout the narrative.

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​-This article details how social, gender, and agency rules/standards are flipped on their head throughout the novel. 

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-This article speaks on the more gothic elements found in Alias Grace. 

Arthur and George by Julian Barnes:
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​-This article speaks on how Julian Barnes reframes the detective novel, turning it into an anti-detective narrative where certainty is unobtainable. 

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​-This article is in direct opposition to the article above. It argues that "Arthur and George" is a partially postcolonial text due to Barnes choice not to include certain factors from Arthur's real life, or at least not as heavily as he could have.

Poor Things by Alasdair Gray: 

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-A review of the book, which was published in 1993.

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-This article discusses the metafictional aspects and scope of "Poor Things".

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber:
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-This article speaks on Faber's take on modern-day consumption of objects through his portrayal of historical artifacts in The Crimson Petal and the White. I feel like this article connects, in a way, to the video below. 


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