Neo-Victoria? Representations of the Young Monarch in The Young Victoria (2009) and Victoria TV Series (2016)
Neo-Victoria? Representations of the Young Monarch in The Young Victoria (2009) and Victoria TV Series (2016)

Author(s): Dorota Babilas
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Queen Victoria; British monarchy; TV series; neo-Victorianism; The Young Victoria
Summary/Abstract: The author explores two 21st-century British television serial dramas centred on Queen Victoria. The article seeks to determine the extent of neo-Victorian influence on present-day representations of the British monarchy, while taking into account 19th-century attitudes to monarchy.

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