The Cambridge companion to Victorian women's writing / edited by Linda H. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peterson, Linda H., editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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; postcolonial 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.

Contents:

Introduction: Victorian women writers and modern literary criticism / Linda H. Peterson

Part I. Victorian Women Writers' Careers: 1. Making a debut / Alexis Easley; 2. Becoming a professional writer / Joanne Shattock; 3. Working with publishers / Linda H. Peterson; 4. Assuming the role of editor / Beth Palmer; 5. Achieving fame and canonicity / Alison Chapman

Part II. Victorian Women Writers' Achievements: Genres and Modes: 6. Poetry /Linda K. Hughes; 7. Silver-fork, industrial, and Gothic fiction / Ella Dzelzainis; 8. The Realist novel / Deirdre d'Albertis; 9. Sensation and New Woman fiction / Lyn Pykett; 10. Drama and theater / Katherine Newey; 11. Life writing / Carol Hanberry Mackay; 12. Travel writing / Tamara S. Wagner; 13. Colonial and imperial writing / Mary Ellis Gibson and Jason R. Rudy; 14. History writing / Deborah A. Logan; 15. Periodical writing / Margaret Beetham; 16. Reviewing / Joanne Wilkes; 17. Children's writing / Claudia Nelson.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781316389744

131638974X

9781316390948

1316390942

9781107587823

1107587824

OCLC:

923722893