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Women's writing of the Victorian period 1837-1901 : an anthology / edited by Harriet Devine Jump.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jump, Harriet Devine, Author.
- Series:
- Women's Writing Anthologies : WWA
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Women authors.
- English literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 374 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This ground-breaking anthology brings together a wide selection of women's writings from the Victorian period (excluding fiction and drama), most of which cannot be easily found elsewhere. There are writings from more than 60 authors, including such well known writers as Harriet Martineau, Laetitia Landon, Frances Trollope, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Gaskell, Barbara Bodichon, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti, Margaret Oliphant. The volume covers a broad range of public and private genres from the period including poetry, critical essays, biography, travel literature, political commentary, letters, diaries and journals.Key FeaturesAn introduction which places the writings in historical and literary context, a chronological table and author biographiesTextual and explanatory notes to each textAn index of themes which enables teachers to select materials to suit their courses
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- 1837
- 1838
- 1839
- 1840
- 1842
- 1843
- 1844
- 1845
- 1846
- 1847
- 1848
- 1849
- 1850
- 1854
- 1855
- 1856
- 1857
- 1859
- 1860
- 1861
- 1862
- 1863
- 1864
- 1867
- 1868
- 1869
- 1871
- 1872
- 1873
- 1874
- 1875
- 1877
- 1878
- 1879
- 1880
- 1881
- 1886
- 1887
- 1888
- 1889
- 1890
- 1891
- 1893
- 1895
- 1896
- 1898
- 1899
- 1900
- 1901
- Notes
- Biographical notes
- Bibliography
- Index of authors
- Index of themes
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781474469661
- 1474469663
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