Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr
Research activity per year
PhD (King's College London), MA (King's College London), PGCE (Institute of Education, University of London), BA (Hons) (University of Cambridge
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
periodicals, popular culture and book history
cultural geography and literary London
nineteenth-century literature including Charles Dickens and G.W.M. Reynolds
nineteenth-century print culture and visual culture
Victorian drama and theatre
nineteenth-century adventure fiction
I am currently working on a monograph about Billy Waters and popular culture, 1800-1860.
I am also co-editing a volume of essays on GWM Reynolds, and planning a future project about 'Adventurous Ageing' in Victorian adventure fiction and travel writing.
I was awarded the 2016 Colby Prize for my monograph, 'Dickens, Reynolds and Mayhew on Wellington Street: The Print Culture of a Victorian Street'. I gave the Colby Lecture at the 2016 Research Society for Victorian Periodicals international conference in Kansas City.
Romantic Illustration Network (original facilitator)
Popular Literature and Culture Research Group (co-founder)
I am also working on a children's novel in my spare time.
Founding President, international GWM Reynolds Society
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals: Executive Board Member 2017-19
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS): Executive Committee member 2010-14
North American Victorian Studies Association
British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS)
Research Consultant to nineteenth-century historical fiction writers:
Anthony Horowitz, Moriarty (Orion: 2014) and Foyle’s War, Eleventh Hour Films;
Sam Christer House of Smoke (Sphere: 2015);
Jess Kidd, Things in Jars (Canongate: 2019)
Victorian Literature
Children's Literature
Popular fiction
Print culture
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Shannon, Mary L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Shannon, Mary L. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Shannon, Mary L. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Mary L. Shannon (Contributor)
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Media article or participation
Mary L. Shannon (Contributor)
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Media article or participation
Mary L. Shannon (Reviewer)
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Festival/Exhibition
Mary L. Shannon (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review