Publications
2023
Anthony Trollope: an Irish writer
Birch, D. (2023). Anthony Trollope: an Irish writer. Nineteenth-Century Contexts, 45(5), 497-504. doi:10.1080/08905495.2023.2273695
Victorian Beauty: Ruskin’s Changing Ideals
Birch, D. (n.d.). Victorian Beauty: Ruskin’s Changing Ideals. 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, 2023(34). doi:10.16995/ntn.8727
Tennyson’s Retrospective View
Birch, D. (2023). Tennyson’s Retrospective View. In Tennyson among the Poets: Bicentenary Essays (pp. 39-56).
2021
Fiction and the Law: Stylistic Uncertainties in Trollope’s <i>Orley Farm</i>
Birch, D. (2021). Fiction and the Law: Stylistic Uncertainties in Trollope’s <i>Orley Farm</i>. In On Style in Victorian Fiction (pp. 191-208). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108614931.011
2020
Ruskin and his Victorian Readers
Birch, D. (2020). Ruskin and his Victorian Readers. Journal of Art Historiography. Retrieved from https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/birch.pdf
2019
Learning to Imagine: The Brontës and Nineteenth-century Educational Ideals
Birch, D. L. (2019). Learning to Imagine: The Brontës and Nineteenth-centuryEducational Ideals. In The Brontës and the Idea of the Human Science, Ethics, and the Victorian Imagination (pp. 48-67). Cambridge University Press.
State of the Climate in 2018
Arndt, D. S., Blunden, J., Dunn, R. J. H., Stanitski, D. M., Gobron, N., Willett, K. M., . . . Bettio, L. (2019). State of the Climate in 2018. In Unknown Book (Vol. 100, pp. S1-U24). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
"Utopian Topics": Ruskin and Oxford
Birch, D. L. (2019). "Utopian Topics": Ruskin and Oxford. Essays in Criticism: a quarterly journal of literary criticism. doi:10.1093/escrit/cgz008
2018
'Just Proportions': The Material of George Eliot's Writing
Birch, D. L. (2018). 'Just Proportions': The Material of George Eliot's Writing. In M. D. Hurley, & M. Waithe (Eds.), Thinking Through Style: Non-Fiction Prose of the Long Nineteenth Century (pp. 167-182). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198737827.003.0011
2017
Ruskin's Revised Eighteenth Century
Birch, D. (2017). Ruskin's Revised Eighteenth Century. In The Victorians and the Eighteenth Century: Reassessing the Tradition (pp. 163-181).
Ruskin's Artists
Hewison, R. (Ed.) (n.d.). Ruskin's Artists. In . Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315203546
2016
On Ann Wordsworth: Some Reflections and Reminiscences
Feuchtwang, S., Maxwell, C., Clark, T., Hall, J., Bennington, G., Docherty, T., . . . Bloom, H. (2016). On Ann Wordsworth: Some Reflections and Reminiscences. OXFORD LITERARY REVIEW, 38(2), 309-332. doi:10.3366/olr.2016.0199
Work of nature
Birch, D. (2016). Work of nature. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, 2016-October(5925), 7-8.
My wooing dance
Birch, D. (2016). My wooing dance. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5907), 21.
John Clare & … & … & … Deleuze and Guattari’s Rhizome
John Clare & … & … & … Deleuze and Guattari’s Rhizome (2016). In Ecology and the Literature of the British Left (pp. 87-100). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315578675-9
Julia Margaret Cameron's Crown of Laurel Leaves
Birch, D. L. (2016). Julia Margaret Cameron's Crown of Laurel Leaves. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement.
2015
Lecturing and public voice
Birch, D. (2015). Lecturing and public voice. In F. O'Gorman (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to John Ruskin (pp. 202-215). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CCO9781107294936.015
Cosmic Interference
Birch, D. L. (2015). Cosmic Interference. London Review of Books, 37(19).
‘ e Lamp of Memory’: Ruskin and Venice – Dinah Birch
‘ e Lamp of Memory’: Ruskin and Venice – Dinah Birch (2015). In Venice and the Cultural Imagination (pp. 107-120). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315655611-14
Ruskin and the Point of Failure
Birch, D. L. (2015). Ruskin and the Point of Failure. The Ruskin Review and Bulletin, 11(2), 4-19.
Education.
Deeken, C., Ray, S., Zihni, A., Thompson, D., Gluckstein, J., Lake, S., . . . Neema, O. (2015). Education.. In Unknown Book (Vol. 19 Suppl 1, pp. S63-S67). doi:10.1007/bf03355328
Common People: the History of an English Family, by Alison Light
Birch, D. (2015). Common People: the History of an English Family, by Alison Light. London Review of Books, 37(4), 31-32.
Review of Robert Douglas-Fairhurst's 'The Story of Alice: The Secret History of Wonderland'
Birch, D. (2015). Review of Robert Douglas-Fairhurst's 'The Story of Alice: The Secret History of Wonderland'. Times Literary Supplement, 22-23.
2014
The Small House at Allington, The Chronicles of Barsetshire
Trollope, A. (2014). The Small House at Allington, The Chronicles of Barsetshire. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://global.oup.com/
Ruskin and the science of Proserpina
Birch, D. (2014). Ruskin and the science of Proserpina. In New Approaches to Ruskin: Thirteen Essays (pp. 142-156).
In the magic mirror
Birch, D. (2014). In the magic mirror. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5816), 19-20.
A life in writing: Ruskin and the uses of suburbia
Birch, D. (2014). A life in writing: Ruskin and the uses of suburbia. In Writing and Victorianism (pp. 234-249).
Review of A. N. Wilson's 'Victoria' (2014)
Birch, D. (2014). Review of A. N. Wilson's 'Victoria' (2014). Times Literary Supplement, 9-10.
Review of Martin Amis's 'The Zone of Interest' (2014)
Birch, D. (2014). Review of Martin Amis's 'The Zone of Interest' (2014). Times Literary Supplement, 19-20.
2013
Boy in the box
Birch, D. (2013). Boy in the box. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5755), 7.
2012
Fallen nature: Ruskin's political apocalypse
Birch, D. (2012). Fallen nature: Ruskin's political apocalypse. In Ecology and the Literature of the British Left: The Red and the Green (pp. 113-124).
Paradoxes of Success in Nineteenth Century Writing
Birch, D. (2012). Paradoxes of Success in Nineteenth Century Writing. Essays in Criticism, 62(4), 373-395. doi:10.1093/escrit/cgs014
Education
Birch, D. (2012). Education. In The Cambridge History of Victorian Literature (pp. 329-349). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/chol9780521846257.017
'Education'
Birch, D. (2012). 'Education'. In M. Thormahlen (Ed.), The Brontes in Context (pp. 232-240). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
'Transient Wreay'
Birch, D. (2012). 'Transient Wreay'. Times Literary Supplement, (5718), 9.
Can You Forgive Her?
Birch, D. (2012). Can You Forgive Her?. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Charlotte Bronte
Birch, D. (2012). Charlotte Bronte. In M. Thormahlen (Ed.), The Brontes in Context (pp. 61-68). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Birch, D., & Hooper, K. (Eds.) (2012). The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2011
Visions of Alice
Birch, D. (2011). Visions of Alice. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5672), 18.
Victorian Values
Birch, D. (2011). Victorian Values. Victoriographies, 1(1), 36-50. doi:10.3366/vic.2011.0005
Emily Brontë
Birch, D. (2011). Emily Brontë. In The Cambridge Companion to English Poets (pp. 408-421). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/ccol9780521874342.023
'George Eliot and Intellectual Culture'
Birch, D. (2011). 'George Eliot and Intellectual Culture'. In J. Kucich, & J. Bourne Taylor (Eds.), The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 3, The Nineteenth-Century Novel 1820-1880 (pp. 220-239). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell
Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell (2011). . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dickens from First to Last
Birch, D. (2011). Dickens from First to Last. Times Literary Supplement.
Young, Pleasant, Cheerful, Tidy, Bustling, Quiet
Birch, D. (2011). Young, Pleasant, Cheerful, Tidy, Bustling, Quiet. London Review of Books, 33(3), 25-28.
2010
Conflict and Difference in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Birch, D., & Llewellyn, M. (Eds.) (2010). Conflict and Difference in Nineteenth-Century Literature. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230277212
'Good Teaching': Adam Bede and Education
Birch, D. (2010). 'Good Teaching': Adam Bede and Education. George Eliot Review, 41, 7-16.
'Plasticity': Frank Kermode
Birch, D. (2010). 'Plasticity': Frank Kermode. Times Literary Supplement.
'The Oxford Companion to English Literature'
Birch, D. (2010). 'The Oxford Companion to English Literature'. Refer, 26(2), 19-21.
Conflict and Difference in Nineteenth Century Britain
Birch, D. (2010). Conflict and Difference in Nineteenth Century Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2009
John Ruskin
Birch, D. (2009). John Ruskin. In Unknown Book (pp. 525-535). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781444324174.ch37
'Bluestockings', by Jane Robinson
Birch, D. (2009). 'Bluestockings', by Jane Robinson. The Observer, 10.
'It's a Don's Life' by Mary Beard
Birch, D. (2009). 'It's a Don's Life' by Mary Beard. The Observer, 11.
'The Case for Books' by Robert Darnton
Birch, D. (2009). 'The Case for Books' by Robert Darnton. The Observer, 7.
Ruskin and the Bible
Birch, D., & al., E. (2009). Ruskin and the Bible. In C. Rowland (Ed.), The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and English Literature (pp. 0-000). Oxford: Blackwell.
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Birch, D. (Ed.) (2009). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2008
'Education and Victorian Literature: Matthew Arnold and Charlotte Bronte
Birch, D. (2008). 'Education and Victorian Literature: Matthew Arnold and Charlotte Bronte. In M. Thormahlen (Ed.), IAUPE Annual Convention (pp. 102-110). Lund: IAUPE.
'Education in Victorian Literature: Charlotte Brontë and Matthew Arnold'
Birch, D. (2008). 'Education in Victorian Literature: Charlotte Brontë and Matthew Arnold'. In M. Thormahlen (Ed.), English Today (pp. 110-118). Lund: IAUPE.
'The Perfect Plot Device: Governesses'
Birch, D. (2008). 'The Perfect Plot Device: Governesses'. London Review of Books, 18-19.
A Brief History of the Future
Birch, D. (2008). A Brief History of the Future. Unknown Journal, 17-18.
The Perfect Plot Device
Birch, D. (2008). The Perfect Plot Device. Unknown Journal, 18.
2007
Addict of fantasy
Birch, D. (2007). Addict of fantasy. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5447-5448), 17-18.
'Very Pointed: Pugin'
Birch, D. (2007). 'Very Pointed: Pugin'. London Review of Books, 29(18), 24-25.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Birch, D. (2007). Arthur Conan Doyle. TLS.
Daphne du Maurier
Birch, D. (2007). Daphne du Maurier. TLS.
Our Victorian Education
Birch, D. (2007). Our Victorian Education. Oxford: Blackwell.
2006
Modest nat
Birch, D. (2006). Modest nat. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5396), 3-4.
"Who wants authority?": Ruskin as a dissenter
Birch, D. (2006). "Who wants authority?": Ruskin as a dissenter. The Yearbook of English Studies, 36(2), 65-77.
'Eager to Please'
Birch, D. (2006). 'Eager to Please'. TLS, (5367), 3-4.
'Land of Pure Delight'
Birch, D. (2006). 'Land of Pure Delight'. London Review of Books, 28(8), 24-25.
'Little Was Expected of Annie'
Birch, D. (2006). 'Little Was Expected of Annie'. London Review of Books, 28(20).
'The Figure at the Window'
Birch, D. (2006). 'The Figure at the Window'. TLS, (5412), 25-26.
2005
'Descent Into Oddness'
Birch, D. (2005). 'Descent Into Oddness'. London Review of Books, 27(1), 22-23.
'His Greatest Pretend'
Birch, D. (2005). 'His Greatest Pretend'. London Review of Books, 27(17), 27-28.
'School-Time': George Eliot and Education
Birch, D. (2005). 'School-Time': George Eliot and Education. The George Eliot Review, 36, 7-17.
Review (School of English)
Birch, D. (2005). Review (School of English). Leeds: University of Leeds.
2004
A poker inside him
Birch, D. (2004). A poker inside him. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5329), 3-4.
Gripped by beasts
Birch, D. (2004). Gripped by beasts. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5288), 22.
Room for the strange
Birch, D. (2004). Room for the strange. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5322), 14-15.
The Scholar Husband
Birch, D. (2004). The Scholar Husband. Essays in Criticism, 54(3), 205-215. doi:10.1093/eic/54.3.205
'A Juror's Verdict on our Courts'
Birch, D. (2004). 'A Juror's Verdict on our Courts'. The Times, 17.
'Who Wants Authority?' Ruskin as a Dissenter
Birch, D. (2004). 'Who Wants Authority?' Ruskin as a Dissenter. The Ruskin Programme Bulletin, (34), 1-9.
'Who Wants Authority?': Ruskin as a Dissenter
Birch, D. (2004). 'Who Wants Authority?': Ruskin as a Dissenter. Essays in Criticism, 54(3), 65-77.
Hannah More: The First Victorian
Birch, D. (2004). Hannah More: The First Victorian. Unknown Journal, 55(219), 30-287.
How One Has Enjoyed Things
Birch, D. (2004). How One Has Enjoyed Things. LRB, 26(23), 31.
Introduction, bibliography, notes
Birch, D. (2004). Introduction, bibliography, notes. In D. Birch (Ed.), John Ruskin: Selected Writings. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
John Ruskin: Selected Writings
John Ruskin: Selected Writings (2004). . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ruskin's Revised Eighteenth Century
Birch, D. (2004). Ruskin's Revised Eighteenth Century. In F. O'Gorman, & K. Turner (Eds.), The Victorians and the Eighteenth Century (pp. 16-82). Aldershot: Ashgate.
The Place of Enchantment:: British Occultism and the Cultrue of the Modern
Birch, D. (2004). The Place of Enchantment:: British Occultism and the Cultrue of the Modern. Unknown Journal, 22.
2003
When faith fell and fiction soared
Birch, D. (2003). When faith fell and fiction soared. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5209), 10.
'Want-of-tin and Want-of-Energy'
Birch, D. (2003). 'Want-of-tin and Want-of-Energy'. LRB, 26(10), 26-27.
Delicious Sponge Cake
Birch, D. (2003). Delicious Sponge Cake. LRB, 25(19), 33-35.
Lives of Victorian Literary Figures
Birch, D. (2003). Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Unknown Journal, 21.
The Victorians
Birch, D. (2003). The Victorians. Unknown Journal, 18.
2002
Talks with the dead
Birch, D. (2002). Talks with the dead. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, (5189), 14.
'Passion and Pathology in Victorian Fiction'
Birch, D. (2002). 'Passion and Pathology in Victorian Fiction'. Unknown Journal, 18.
'What Teachers Do You Give Your Girls?' Ruskin and Women's Education
Birch, D. (2002). 'What Teachers Do You Give Your Girls?' Ruskin and Women's Education. In D. Birch, & F. O'Gorman (Eds.), Ruskin and Gender (pp. 121-137). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
A Mere Piece of Furniture
Birch, D. (2002). A Mere Piece of Furniture. LRB, 24(3), 29-30.
Desire and Excess
Birch, D. (2002). Desire and Excess. Unknown Journal, 20.
Fond Father
Birch, D. (2002). Fond Father. LRB, 24(18), 3-5.
Ruskin and Gender
O'Gorman, F., & Birch, D. (Eds.) (2002). Ruskin and Gender. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
The Sensation Novel and the Victorian Family Magazine
Birch, D. (2002). The Sensation Novel and the Victorian Family Magazine. Unknown Journal, 16.
Wintry Lessons
Birch, D. (2002). Wintry Lessons. LRB, 24(12), 30-31.
2001
'John Ruskin'
Birch, D. (2001). 'John Ruskin'. In E. Joll, M. Butlin, & L. Hermann (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to J,M.W.Turner (pp. 274-277). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
'Ruskin, Myth and Modernism'
Birch, D. (2001). 'Ruskin, Myth and Modernism'. In P. Nicholls, & G. Cianci (Eds.), Ruskin and Modernism (pp. 32-48). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dickens's Villains
Birch, D. (2001). Dickens's Villains. Unknown Journal, 20.
Fear Among the Teacups
Birch, D. (2001). Fear Among the Teacups. LRB, 23(3), 22-23.
Long Hair, Young Hair, Braided and Defiant Hair
Birch, D. (2001). Long Hair, Young Hair, Braided and Defiant Hair. LRB, 23(9), 40-41.
Never Seen a Violet
Birch, D. (2001). Never Seen a Violet. LRB, 23(17), 34-35.
The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel
Birch, D. (2001). The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel. Unknown Journal, 15.
2000
'Carlyle and Ruskin: Changing Forms of Autobiography in Fors Clavigera
Birch, D. (2000). 'Carlyle and Ruskin: Changing Forms of Autobiography in Fors Clavigera. In G. Cubitt, & A. Warren (Eds.), Heroic Reputations and Exemplary Lives (pp. 178-194). Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press.
'THAT GHASTLY WORK': RUSKIN, ANIMALS AND ANATOMY
Birch, D. (2000). 'THAT GHASTLY WORK': RUSKIN, ANIMALS AND ANATOMY. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 4(2), 131-145. doi:10.1163/156853500507780
'The Critic as Autobiographer'
Birch, D. (2000). 'The Critic as Autobiographer'. In R. Hewison (Ed.), Ruskin's Artists: Studies in the Victorian Visual Economy' (pp. 221-233). Aldershot: Ashgate.
Fiction in the Age of Photography
Birch, D. (2000). Fiction in the Age of Photography. Unknown Journal, 18.
George Eliot and Intoxication
Birch, D. (2000). George Eliot and Intoxication. Unknown Journal, 22.
John Ruskin, Fors Clavigera
Birch, D. (Ed.) (2000). John Ruskin, Fors Clavigera. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Old Lecturer of Incalculable Age
Birch, D. (2000). Old Lecturer of Incalculable Age. LRB, 22(15), 30-31.
Rereading Victorian Fiction
Birch, D. (2000). Rereading Victorian Fiction. Unknown Journal, 16.
1999
Elegiac voices. Wordsworth, Turner, and Ruskin
Birch, D. (1999). Elegiac voices. Wordsworth, Turner, and Ruskin. The Review of English Studies, 50(199), 332-344. doi:10.1093/res/50.199.332
Grubbling
Birch, D. (1999). Grubbling. LRB.
No Wonder it Ached
Birch, D. (1999). No Wonder it Ached. LRB.
Ruskin and the Dawn of the Modern
Birch, D. (Ed.) (1999). Ruskin and the Dawn of the Modern. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Victorian Publishing and Mrs Gaskell's Work
Birch, D. (1999). Victorian Publishing and Mrs Gaskell's Work. Unknown Journal, 17.
1998
One of the Cracked
Birch, D. (1998). One of the Cracked. LRB.
1996
George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
Birch, D. (Ed.) (1996). George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1995
Anthony Trollope, The Duke's Children
Birch, D. (Ed.) (1995). Anthony Trollope, The Duke's Children. Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics.
1994
Beauty and the Victorian Body
BIRCH, D. (1994). Beauty and the Victorian Body. Essays in Criticism, XLIV(2), 102-116. doi:10.1093/eic/xliv.2.102
'Gender and Genre'
Birch, D. (1994). 'Gender and Genre'. In C. King (Ed.), Imagining Women (pp. 43-46). Cambridge: Polity Press.
'Toni Morrison'
Birch, D. (1994). 'Toni Morrison'. The English Review, 16-19.
Fathers and sons: Ruskin, John James Ruskin, and Turner
Birch, D. (1994). Fathers and sons: Ruskin, John James Ruskin, and Turner. Nineteenth-Century Contexts, 18(2), 147-162. doi:10.1080/08905499408583387
John Ruskin
Birch, D. (1994). John Ruskin. In J. Shoaf Turner (Ed.), The Dictionary of Art (pp. 394). London: Macmillan.
1993
'Ruskin and Tuscany'
Birch, D. (1993). 'Ruskin and Tuscany'. Apollo, 137(n.s. 1), 190-193.
1991
Introduction
Birch, D. (1991). Introduction. In R. Van Riel (Ed.), Evelyn Haythorne, On Earth To Make The Numbers Up (pp. 1-3). Castleford: Yorkshire Art Circus.
1990
Ruskin on Turner
Birch, D. (1990). Ruskin on Turner. London and Boston: Cassell.
1989
The ethics of the dust:<i>Ruskin's authorities</i>
Birch, D. (1989). The ethics of the dust:<i>Ruskin's authorities</i>. Prose Studies, 12(2), 147-158. doi:10.1080/01440358908586369
'The Sun is God': Ruskin's Solar Mythology
Birch, D. (1989). 'The Sun is God': Ruskin's Solar Mythology. In J. B. Bullen (Ed.), The Sun is God (pp. 109-123). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1988
Ruskin's ‘Womanly Mind’
BIRCH, D. (1988). Ruskin's ‘Womanly Mind’. Essays in Criticism, XXXVIII(4), 308-324. doi:10.1093/eic/xxxviii.4.308
'Ruskin's
Birch, D. (1988). 'Ruskin's. Essays in Criticism, 38(4), 308-334.
Ruskin's Myths
Birch, D. (1988). Ruskin's Myths. Oxford: Oxford Univeristy Press.