Tag Archives: Victorian/Edwardian literature

BLOGGING BRADDON: 2 Just when you think you know stuff, life is still full of surprises …

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

I have to admit – guiltily – that there were times when I could get slightly blasé about working on the Mary Braddon archive, now housed with the Augustine Library, at Canterbury Christ Church University. It constituted an embarrassment of … Continue reading →

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Blogging Braddon: 1 The transfer of the Braddon archive to Canterbury Christ Church University

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

A small ink sketch by Mary Braddon (Mary Braddon Archive) It is a good feeling when something is finally achieved and the metaphorical boil is lanced, so to speak! For many years a huge and weighty cultural responsibility has been … Continue reading →

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‘Dead Love Has Chains’: an unusual source examining male desire

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

I have been looking at how masculinity, male desire and sexuality are portrayed in nineteenth and early twentieth century literature for some time now. A fairly unknown novella that tackles these topics is Mary Braddon’s Dead Love Has Chains (1906). … Continue reading →

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