Version History
This anthology is an evolving resource. This page records major updates and additions.
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Added Project Overview and revised front matter to clarify the anthology’s editorial and publication model |
| 2025 | Advanced the anthology as an in-progress digital humanities project, expanding its scholarly apparatus, editorial framework, and curated coverage beyond what is required for a single course text |
| 2025 | Added new section: Victorian Poetic Theory and Criticism |
| 2025 | Developed and expanded front matter, including “Why Should We Read Labouring- and Working-Class Poetry?”, “How to Read and Use Hypothesis Annotations,” “Guide to Poetic Form,” “Student Publication Options and Permissions Overview,” and “The Annotation Showcase Project”; revised Contributors page |
| 2025 | Created new and expanded author sections, including Felicia Hemans (model author page with original video, reading questions, and curated bibliographies), George Eliot, Matthew Arnold, Ellen Johnston, and Toru Dutt |
| 2025 | Added original editorial introductions for Gerald Massey’s The Ballad of Babe Christabel and Matthew Arnold’s “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” |
| 2025 | Expanded the anthology’s coverage through the addition of authors including Toru Dutt, Rabindranath Tagore, E. Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake, William Morris, James Thomson, Henry Labouchere, Emily Jane Pfeiffer, Eliza Cook, and Gerald Massey |
| 2025 | Substantially expanded existing author sections, including the addition of all nine books of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh and expanded materials for Christina Rossetti, Rudyard Kipling, Felicia Hemans, Ellen Johnston, and Amy Levy |
