Neo‐Victorian f(r)iction: Critical conversations and fictional narratives

Abstract

This article explores how neo‐Victorian critics are drawn to investigate the f(r)iction between the past and to the present with a desire to understand the Victorian past, then to articulate its importance to the postmodern present. Articles in this special issue by Sarah E. Maier, Anna Jones, Marie‐Louise Kohlke, and Mark Llewellyn seek to widen the scope of these conversations, to find other neo‐Victorianisms across the globe and investigate narratives in manga, television, and true crime. The aim is to question how boundaries between high and low break down and consider what happens when intellectual rigour meets non‐traditional genres found within Neo‐Victorian narratives.