The Cambridge companion to Victorian women's writing /
The Cambridge companion to Victorian women's writing /
edited by Linda H. Peterson.
- xxi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge companions to literature .
- Cambridge companions to literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Victorian women writers and modern literary criticism / Victorian Women Writers' Careers: Making a debut / Becoming a professional writer / Working with publishers / Assuming the role of editor / Achieving fame and canonicity / Victorian Women Writers' Achievements: Genres and Modes: Poetry /Linda K. Hughes; Silver-fork, industrial, and Gothic fiction / The Realist novel / Sensation and New Woman fiction / Drama and theater / Life writing / Travel writing / Colonial and imperial writing / History writing / Periodical writing / Reviewing / Children's writing / Linda H. Peterson -- Alexis Easley; Joanne Shattock; Linda H. Peterson; Beth Palmer; Alison Chapman -- Ella Dzelzainis; Deirdre d'Albertis; Lyn Pykett; Katherine Newey; Carol Hanberry Mackay; Tamara S. Wagner; Mary Ellis Gibson and Jason R. Rudy; Deborah A. Logan; Margaret Beetham; Joanne Wilkes; Claudia Nelson. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
"The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Women's Writing brings together chapters by leading scholars to provide innovative and comprehensive coverage of Victorian women writers' careers and literary achievements. While incorporating the scholarly insights of modern feminist criticism, it also reflects new approaches to women authors that have emerged with the rise of book history; periodical studies; performance studies; post-colonial studies; and scholarship on authorship, readership, and publishing. It traces the Victorian woman writer's career-from making her debut to working with publishers and editors to achieving literary fame-and challenges previous thinking about genres in which women contributed with success. Chapters on poetry, including a discussion of poetry in colonial and imperial contexts, reveal women's engagements with each other and male writers. Discussions on drama, life-writing, reviewing, history, travel writing, and children's literature uncover the remarkable achievement of women in fields relatively unknown"--
9781107659612 1107659612 9781107064843 1107064848
40025398509
2015011595
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Publishers and publishing--History--Great Britain--19th century.
PR 115 / .C36 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Victorian women writers and modern literary criticism / Victorian Women Writers' Careers: Making a debut / Becoming a professional writer / Working with publishers / Assuming the role of editor / Achieving fame and canonicity / Victorian Women Writers' Achievements: Genres and Modes: Poetry /Linda K. Hughes; Silver-fork, industrial, and Gothic fiction / The Realist novel / Sensation and New Woman fiction / Drama and theater / Life writing / Travel writing / Colonial and imperial writing / History writing / Periodical writing / Reviewing / Children's writing / Linda H. Peterson -- Alexis Easley; Joanne Shattock; Linda H. Peterson; Beth Palmer; Alison Chapman -- Ella Dzelzainis; Deirdre d'Albertis; Lyn Pykett; Katherine Newey; Carol Hanberry Mackay; Tamara S. Wagner; Mary Ellis Gibson and Jason R. Rudy; Deborah A. Logan; Margaret Beetham; Joanne Wilkes; Claudia Nelson. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
"The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Women's Writing brings together chapters by leading scholars to provide innovative and comprehensive coverage of Victorian women writers' careers and literary achievements. While incorporating the scholarly insights of modern feminist criticism, it also reflects new approaches to women authors that have emerged with the rise of book history; periodical studies; performance studies; post-colonial studies; and scholarship on authorship, readership, and publishing. It traces the Victorian woman writer's career-from making her debut to working with publishers and editors to achieving literary fame-and challenges previous thinking about genres in which women contributed with success. Chapters on poetry, including a discussion of poetry in colonial and imperial contexts, reveal women's engagements with each other and male writers. Discussions on drama, life-writing, reviewing, history, travel writing, and children's literature uncover the remarkable achievement of women in fields relatively unknown"--
9781107659612 1107659612 9781107064843 1107064848
40025398509
2015011595
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Publishers and publishing--History--Great Britain--19th century.
PR 115 / .C36 2015