A play about Charlotte Bronte & Harriet Martineau
Some of you may remember the play by Martineau Society member Valerie Doulton which was performed at the annual Martineau Society meeting in London in 2019. The play has now…
New article: Gender Revolution in a Malthusian Utopia: Harriet Martineau’s world of Garveloch by Catherine Heyrendt-Sherman
English abstract: Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), sociologist, historian and novelist, was also a talented populariser. Illustrations of Political Economy (1832–1834) is her attempt to make Malthusian and Ricardian theories accessible to…
New book by Martineau Society member: Mrs. Gaskell’s Personal Pantheon by Robert G. Gamble
This book vividly presents previously undiscovered biographical information about Elizabeth Gaskell, the author of Mary Barton, Cranford, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, and Wives and Daughters. It also provides much contextual material about Harriet Martineau,…
New article on Harriet Martineau: contemporary responses to her writings on Ireland
The author Julie Donovan starts her article with this. 'Nowhere is the complexity of Harriet Martineau’s legacy more evident than in her writings on Ireland. Martineau traveled to Ireland in…
POSTPONED: Martineau Society Conference 2020, July, Scarborough, UK
We were due to hold the annual conference in Scarborough in July, but given Covid and the continuing uncertainties around the safety of travel and of staying in hotels in the…
Eastern Washington students share their work on Harriet Martineau and Charlotte Brontë
Hello from Eastern Washington University! Students in our “Major Authors” literature class during Winter Quarter 2020 read works by Charlotte Brontë and Harriet Martineau, and we discussed how these two…
Literary Trails: Haworth and the Brontës (David F. Walford and Catherine Rayner)
Here is a review by Cally Phillips from the latest newsletter of the Alliance of Literary Societies (ALS) - of a publication on literary trails - which may be of…
Harriet Martineau: a new biography
We are proud to publish in segments and for the first time, an extensive biography of Harriet Martineau by Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (1928-2019), founding member of the Martineau Society, renowned…
Mistress of All Trades: new article on Harriet Martineau
Here is the latest article on Harriet Martineau by Professor Valerie Sanders, noted Martineau scholar and the Martineau Society's current President. The article is published in the Aeon on-line, journal.…
Programme: Martineau Society Conference 23-26 July 2019
THE MARTINEAU SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE MANCHESTER, 23rd -26th July 2019, The Chancellor’s Hotel PROGRAMME Tuesday 23rd July 15.00 Arrival and registration 15.00-16.00 Martineau Society Committee Meeting 17.15 …