Victorian Scribblers is a podcast about the nineteenth-century writers time forgot, from Mary Elizabeth Braddon (the mother of detective fiction) to Marie Corelli (queer science-fiction writer extraordinaire) and beyond. Hosted by Dr. Courtney Floyd, a specialist in nineteenth-century literature and print culture, and Dr. Eleanor Dumbill, a specialist in Victorian literature and publishing.
Victorian Scribblers
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Victorian Scribblers is a podcast about the nineteenth-century writers time forgot, from Mary Elizabeth Braddon (the mother of detective fiction) to Marie Corelli (queer science-fiction writer extraordinaire) and beyond. Hosted by Dr. Courtney Floyd, a specialist in nineteenth-century literature and print culture, and Dr. Eleanor Dumbill, a specialist in Victorian literature and publishing.
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Recent Episodes
September 30, 2022
S5:E4 – Charles Elmé Francatelli
<h1>Show Notes</h1> <p>Eleanor and Courtney discuss the life of cookery revolutionary, Charles Elmé Francatelli. </p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eHxrCGLLWrAcjky4nRjMWZ0GtezIq_on?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">Transcript here</a>.</p> <h3>Sources</h3> <p>Charles Elmé Francatelli. A Plain Cookery Book For The Working Classes. London: Bosworth and Harrison, 1867 <a href="https://archive.org/details/plaincookerybook0000fran" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/plaincookerybook0000fran</a> —.The Cook's Guide And Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant : A Practical Treatise On English And Foreign Cookery In All Its Branches, Containing Plain Instructions For Pickling And Preserving Vegetables, Fruits, Game, &C, The Curing Of Hams And Bacon, The Art Of Confectionery And Ice-Making, And The Arrangement Of Desserts, With Valuable Directions For The Preparation Of Proper Diet For Invalids, Also For A Variety Of Wine-Cups And Epicurean Salads, American Drinks, And Summer Beverages. London: Bentley, 1865 <a href="https://archive.org/details/b21526850" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/b21526850</a> —. The Modern Cook; A Practical Guide To The Culinary Art In All Its Branches: Comprising, In Addition To English Cookery, The Most Approved And Recherché Systems Of French, Italian, And German Cookery; Adapted As Well For The Largest Establishments As For The Use Of Private Families. London: Bentley, 1877 (25th edition). <a href="https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-95770-33" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-95770-33</a> —. Popular cookery: being a reprint of a pamphlet entitled, "Cookery for the Lancashire operatives, " gratuitously circulated during the cotton famine, in 1863. By an Englishman. Manchester: A. Ireland & Co, 1871. <a href="http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100049731949.0x000001#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1%2C-146%2C1345%2C2432" rel="nofollow">http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100049731949.0x000001#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=0&amp;xywh=-1%2C-146%2C1345%2C2432</a> —. The Royal Confectioner, English And Foreign: A Practical Treatise On The Art Of Confectionary In All Its Branches, Comprising Ornamental Confectionary Artistically Developed ... Also, The Art Of Ice-Making, And The Arrangement And General Economy Of Fashionable Desserts. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874 <a href="https://archive.org/details/b20409473" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/b20409473</a> Lauren Gilbert. Cook at Buckingham Palace: Charles Elme' Francatelli. <a href="https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2019/01/cook-at-buckingham-palace-charles-elme.html" rel="nofollow">https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2019/01/cook-at-buckingham-palace-charles-elme.html</a> Catherine Gore (as Albany Poyntz). ‘The French Cook’. Bentley’s Miscellany Jan 1 1842, pp. 606-13 Patricia Bixler Reber. Queen Victoria's chef Charles Elme Francatelli. <a href="http://researchingfoodhistory.blogspot.com/2017/02/queen-victorias-chef-charles-elme.html" rel="nofollow">http://researchingfoodhistory.blogspot.com/2017/02/queen-victorias-chef-charles-elme.html</a> Colin Smythe. Charles Elmé Francatelli, Crockford’s, and the Royal Connection.<a href="https://colinsmythe.co.uk/charles-elme-francatelli-crockfords-and-the-royal-connection/" rel="nofollow">https://colinsmythe.co.uk/charles-elme-francatelli-crockfords-and-the-royal-connection/</a> Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Encyclopaedia of Kitchen History. New York: Taylor and Francis, 2004 Henry Turner Waddy. The Devonshire Club and Crockford’s London: E. Nash, 1919</p> <p>Support Victorian Scribblers by contributing to their tip jar: <a href="https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers" rel="payment nofollow">https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers</a></p>
May 27, 2022
May 2022 Episode Delays
<h1>Show Notes</h1> <p>TL;DL we're hoping to have an episode for you in mid-June! </p> <p>Support Victorian Scribblers by contributing to their tip jar: <a href="https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers" rel="payment nofollow">https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers</a></p>
March 25, 2022
S5:E3 – Timeline: 1851-1860
<h1>Show Notes</h1> <p>Courtney and Eleanor discuss some of the major historical events, writers, and genres that shaped the early to mid-Victorian period.</p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eHxrCGLLWrAcjky4nRjMWZ0GtezIq_on?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">Transcript here</a>.</p> <p><strong>Resources for this episode included</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Sally Mitchell’s Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia</li> <li><a href="https://victorianweb.org/victorian/history/legistl.html#:~:text=reduction%20of%20Stamp%20Duty.,allowing%20legal%20newspapers%20wider%20circulation." rel="nofollow">Timeline of Victorian Legislation</a> on Victorian Web</li> <li>Stats from <a href="http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/graphs_misc.php" rel="nofollow">At the Circulating Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1792" rel="nofollow">Alexandre Dumas’s publications</a></li> <li><a href="https://victorianweb.org/religion/highchurch/index.html" rel="nofollow">The Oxford (or High Church) Movement</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/2789" rel="nofollow">Read The Lifted Veil at the George Eliot Archive</a></li> <li><a href="https://georgeeliotscholars.org/search?query=the+lifted+veil&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=File&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow">Read open access scholarship about The Lifted Veil on George Eliot Scholars</a></li> </ul> <p>Support the show via one-time contributions on our <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/victorianscribblers" rel="nofollow">ko-fi page</a>, or recurring donations to our <a href="https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers" rel="nofollow">tip jar</a> of as little as $1 that get you access to private audio content right in your podcatcher!</p> <p><strong>You should be listening to:</strong> Courtney's fiction podcast! <a href="https://hauntnowpod.com" rel="nofollow">The Way We Haunt Now</a> <strong>is a lighthearted horror audio drama about friendship, found family, and fighting the narratives that try to define us – even in the afterlife. One of the central characters is Victorian ghost, Frances "Frankie" Matilda Summerson.</strong></p> <p>Support Victorian Scribblers by contributing to their tip jar: <a href="https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers" rel="payment nofollow">https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/victorian-scribblers</a></p>
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