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Introduction
unknownandthe(yet)unnamed.Diversifiedtreatment,inthescholarlysense,
may,inthelongrun,translateintotreatmentinanother,therapeutic,sense.
Oncearticulatedandexposedtotheanalyticallightofacademicdiscourse,
thefearsandanxietieswhichourcivilisationhasfoisteduponusarelikely
tolooklessmanacing.
Aseditorsobligedtoproduceanintroductiontoavolumeofessaysby
otherauthorswewanttobeclearaboutourroleinprefacingthispublication.
Inordertogiveourreadersalucidpictureofwhatthoseessaysareconcerned
with,weareboundtointroducethembytheusualmeansofsummaryand
paraphrase.Still,theauthorsthemselvesmightbeanxiousthatwemisrepre-
senttheirideasbyselectingandhighlightingwhatweconsidercrucialabout
theircontributions.Thatiswhyhenceforthwelettheauthorsspeakontheir
ownbehalfbyalmostliterallyquotingtheirabstracts,which–sometimes
minimallyedited–shallserveasvignettesoftheirownwriting.Inwhatfol-
lows,youwillfindbriefdescriptionsofthethemesraisedineachessayand
theclaimsthattheauthorsmake.
AnnaAntonowicz,“IndianZigzags–theIndustrialMonster.”
Thegovernmentalreformofdecorativeartundertakeninthemid-Victorian
periodaimedtoimbuelow-qualityBritishartefactswiththeprinciplesofIn-
dianart.Itprovokedthewarofvaluesintheperiodofgreatanxietyoverthe
influenceoftechnologicaladvancementuponaestheticsandtaste.Thisessay
analysesthenegativeviewsofJohnRuskinuponthereformandconfronts
themwiththoseofOwenJones.
DorotaBabilas,“TheVictorianCultureandtheFearoftheTalentedWom-
aninGeorgeEliot’sDanielDeronda.”
Victorianculture,withitspreoccupationwithsocialorderandclearlydefined
genderroles,wasbothtitillatedandalarmedbythepossibilityofthefeminine
talent.Thisessayexploresaselectionofexamplesdealingwiththethemes
ofthemusicaltalentdisplayedbytheheroinesofGeorgeEliot’snovelDaniel
Deronda(1876).Thevisionsofanangeliccreature,adangeroussiren,andan
un-sexedmonsterareallvariationsonthethemeofmusicallygiftedwomen.
KatarzynaBlacharska,“TheRenaissancePlusultraandtheRecurrenceof
NonplusultraasReflectedinthePoetryofJohnDonneandJohnMilton’s
EpicParadiseLost.”
Themappaemundi,characteristicmedievalworldmapswhichareareflection
ofaubiquitousanxietythatpermeatedtheperiod,providepartlyallegorical
imageoftheworld,butalsocommunicatecertainideas,mostnotablythe
notionofNonplusultra,whichmarkedthePillarsofHerculesastheulti-
