Maureen Moran. Catholic Sensationalism and Victorian Literature

Literature and the Late-Victorian Radical Press

Amidst a larger surge in the number of books and periodicals published in late-nineteenth-century Britain, a corresponding surge occurred in the radical press. The counter-cultural press that emerged at the fin de siècle sought to define itself in opposition to commercial print and the capitalist press and was deeply antagonistic to existing political, economic, and print publishing structures....

The “scientific movement” and Victorian literature

ANNA THERESA COSSLETT, The "scientific movement" and Victorian literature, Brighton, Harvester Press; New York, St. Martin's Press, 1982, 8vo, pp. viii, 188, £20.00. Interaction between arts and sciences has long been regarded as one of the characteristic features of the Romantic era. The scientific writings by the poet Coleridge and the poetical experiments by the scientist Davy are among the ...

Declining Discount Rates Maureen

In this paper we ask whether the US government should replace its current discounting practices with a declining discount rate schedule, as the UK and France have done, or should continue to discount the future at a constant exponential rate. To address the question, we briefly present the theoretical basis for a declining discount rate (DDR) schedule, but focus on how, in practice, a DDR could...

The Contribution of Catholic Schools to the Victorian Economy and Community

Maureen MacGlashan and

It’s always a great pleasure (partly because such a rare event) to welcome a new cumulative index to a periodical, especially an important national journal like this one on Welsh archaeology. It follows the pattern of its two predecessors under the same editorship; their difficult genesis was documented by Moore (2003).The run of indexed volumes now covers, impressively, the years 1846–1980. Bo...