Thomas J. Tobin

Scholarly Publications

Books and Book Chapters

"William Morris 2.0: Spreading Socialist Ideals via the Internet [PDF]." William Morris in the Twenty-First Century. Eds. Rosie Miles and Phillippa Bennett. Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts series 1.20. London: Peter Lang, 2010: 255-274.
Editor. Worldwide Pre-Raphaelitism [Rich Text introduction]. Studies in the Nineteenth Century series. New York: SUNY P, 2004.
Reviewed by Peter Faulkner [PDF] in The Journal of William Morris Studies 16.2/3 (Summer/Winter 2005): 148-152.
Noticed by Florence S. Boos [PDF] in Victorian Poetry 43.3 (Fall 2005): 380-381.
Reviewed by Debra N. Mancoff [PDF] in The Art Newspaper no. 161 (Sep. 2005).
Reviewed by Norman Kelvin [PDF] in Victorian Studies 47.3 (Spring 2005): 470-473.
Reviewed by Serena Trowbridge [PDF] in The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 13.1 (Spring 2005): 15-17.
Reviewed by Marcus Waithe [PDF] in TLS [Times Literary Supplement] no. 5319 (11 Mar. 2005): 29.
Reviewed by Spohia Andres [PDF] in the Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies 16.1 (Spring 2007): 105-108.
Pre-Raphaelitism in the Nineteenth-Century Press: A Bibliography [Rich Text introduction]. Vancouver, BC: ELS: English Literary Studies monograph series 28.87 (2002).
Reviewed by Helene Roberts [PDF] in Victorian Periodicals Review 39.1 (Spring 2006): 79-81.
Reviewed by Francis O'Gorman [PDF] in The Review of English Studies 55.220 (Jun. 2004): 472-474.
Reviewed by Susan Thach Dean [PDF] in the Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies 13.1 (Spring 2004): 115-116.
Noticed by Florence S. Boos [PDF] in Victorian Poetry 41.3 (Fall 2003): 424-435.
Reviewed by Rosie Miles [PDF] in Journal of William Morris Studies 15.2 (Summer 2003): 57-58.

Entries in Reference Works

"The Germ [PDF]," "William Morris [PDF]," and "William Bell Scott [PDF]." The Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism. Eds. Laurel Brake and Marysa DeMoor. London: British Library/Academia Press, 2009: 246-247, 428, 564, respectively.
"Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) [Rich Text]." Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914. Ed. John Powell. Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 2000: 64-65.
"Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) [Rich Text]." Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914. Ed. John Powell. Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 2000: 207-208.
"Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894) [Rich Text]." Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914. Ed. John Powell. Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 2000: 348-349.

Articles and Reviews in Refereed Journals

Contributing bibliographer. "RSVP Bibliography: 2009-2011." Victorian Periodicals Review 45.3 (Fall 2012): 320-357.
Rev. of Poetry and the Pre-Raphaelite Arts: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris by Elizabeth Helsinger (Yale UP, 2008). Victorian Periodicals Review 43.1 (Spring 2010): 84-85.
Invited rev. of Writing on the Image: Reading William Morris. by David Latham (U of Toronto P, 2007). Æ: The Canadian Aesthetics Journal 15 (Fall 2008). Available /http://www.uqtr.ca/AE/Vol_15/ReadingMatters/Reviews.htm.
Contributing bibliographer. "RSVP Bibliography: 2005-2007." Victorian Periodicals Review 41.3 (Fall 2008): 183-224.
Contributing bibliographer. "RSVP Bibliography: 2003-2005." Victorian Periodicals Review 39.3 (Fall 2006): 193-256.
Contributing bibliographer. "RSVP Bibliography: 2001-2003." Victorian Periodicals Review 38.1 (Spring 2005): 5-60.
Rev. of The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution by Pamela H. Smith. Art Documentation 24.1 (Spring 2005): 52. Available http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/vol24/iss1/03.pdf.
"A Catalogue of Articles in the Journal (2000-2004) and an Index to the Journal (1961-2004) [Rich Text]." Journal of William Morris Studies 16.1 (Winter 2004): 61-70.
"Saint Morris: The Last Days of the Kelmscott Press in the Late-Victorian Media [Rich Text]." Journal of William Morris Studies 15.4 (Summer 2004): 94-108.
Rev. of Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. Art Documentation 23.1 (Spring 2004): 53. Available http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/vol23/iss1/14.pdf.
Contributing bibliographer. "RSVP Bibliography: 1999-2001." Victorian Periodicals Review 35.4 (Winter 2002): 312-383.
"The Pre-Raphaelite Craze in Nineteenth Century Japanese Periodicals [Rich Text]." The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies 11 (Fall 2002): 95-113. http://jprs.apps01.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TobinF02.pdf.
"Charles Dickens and the Pre-Raphaelites [Rich Text], [PowerPoint]." The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 10.2 (Summer 2002): 2-16.
"Religious and Cultural Challenges from Early Pre-Raphaelite Paintings [Rich Text]." The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 9.2 (Fall 2001): 22-25.
"Critical Responses to Two Kinds of Pre-Raphaelite Poetry [Rich Text] ." The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 9.1 (Spring 2001): 18-32.
Contributing bibliographer. "RSVP Bibliography: 1997-1999 [Rich Text]." Victorian Periodicals Review 33.4 (Winter 2000): 324-373.
"John Ruskin's Defence of Pre-Raphaelitism in the Victorian Press [Rich Text]." The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 8.1-2 (Spring/Summer 2000 special issue), 19-29.
Rev. of Another Book That Never Was: Charles Gere, William Morris, and The House of the Wolfings by Peter Stansky (Yolla Bolly P, 1998). San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1998 [Rich Text]. Parenthesis: The Newsletter of the Fine Press Book Association 1.4 (Apr. 2000), 45-46.
"Women as Others in The Mayor of Casterbridge [Rich Text]." The McNeese Review 36 (Fall 1998), 19-26.
"'He made his confession and told all his misdeeds': The Rise of the Internal Consciousness between 1100 and 1500." Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Studies in Literature, Philosophy, and Phenomenological Psychology 1.1 (Summer 1998). Available http://www.janushead.org/JHSummer98/ThomasTobin.cfm.
"Sexual Taboos, Catholic Views, and Critical Reviews: The Unspoken Words About Two Pre-Raphaelite Paintings [Rich Text]." The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 6.1 (Spring 1998): 1-11.
Rev. of The Post-Pre-Raphaelite Print by Allen Staley, et al. New York: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, 1995. The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 4.2 (Summer 1996): 23-4.

Doctoral Disertation and Master's Thesis

The Pre-Raphaelite Critic, 1846-1860: An Annotated Edition of Periodical Critical Opinion of the Pre-Raphaelites [Rich Text front matter]. Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University. Pittsburgh, PA. University Microfilms Incorporated, 2000.
The Critical Reception of Pre-Raphaelite Painting and Poetry: 1850-1900 [Rich Text]. Master's thesis, Indiana State University. North Manchester, IN: Heckman Bindery, 1996.

Notices / Articles in Non-Refereed Journals / Graduate-Student Editing

"Spreading Pre-Raphaelitism through Photography in America [Rich Text]." PRSUS: The Pre-Raphaelite Society Newsletter of the United States 1.14 (Summer 2006): [3-4].
"New on the William Morris Society Web Site." Newsletter of the William Morris Society in the United States Spring 2006: 11. Available http://www.morrissociety.org/publications/newsletters/newsltr-mar06.html.
"Moving the Morris Society into the 21st Century: Four Socialist Online Initiatives." Newsletter of the William Morris Society in the United States Summer [Jul.] 2005: 13-14. Available http://www.morrissociety.org/publications/newsletters/newsltr-july05.html.
"Punch's First Poke at the Pre-Raphaelites [Rich Text]." PRSUS: The Pre-Raphaelite Society Newsletter of the United States 1.1 (Winter 2001/2002): [3].
"The Construction of the Codex in Classic- and Postclassic-Period Maya Civilization." Unpublished white paper, Spring 2001. Available http://www.mathcs.duq.edu/~tobin/maya/.
"The Pre-Raphaelite Critic." Newsletter of the William Morris Society in the United States Jul. 2000, 9. Available http://www.morrissociety.org/publications/newsletters/newsltr-july20.html.
"The Arts of the British 1890s." Review. Newsletter of the William Morris Society in the United States Jul. 1999, 6. Available http://www.morrissociety.org/publications/newsletters/newsltr-july99.html.
"Morris on the Web: Electric Book Online Morris Texts." Newsletter of the William Morris Society in the United States Jul. 1999, 7. Available http://www.morrissociety.org/publications/newsletters/newsltr-july99.html.
Editor. "Order and Disorder" Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference World-Wide Web Conference Publication. 10 Jan. 1998. Available http://www.engl.duq.edu/servus/Order_and_Disorder/.
The Pre-Raphaelite Critic notice. The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 5.1 (Spring 1997): 27.

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