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These new essays by leading scholars explore nineteenth-century women's writing across a spectrum of genres.
List of contents
List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction Joanne Shattock; 1. The construction of the woman writer Joanne Shattock; 2. Remaking the canon Joanne Wilkes; 3. Women and the consumption of print Margaret Beetham; 4. Women writing Woman: nineteenth-century representations of gender and sexuality Lyn Pykett; 5. Feminism, journalism and public debate Barbara Caine; 6. Women's writing and the domestic sphere Elizabeth Langland; 7. Women, fiction and the market place Valerie Sanders; 8. Women poets and the challenge of genre Virginia Blain; 9. Women and the theatre Katherine Newey; 10. Women writers and self-writing Linda Peterson; 11. The professionalization of women's writing: extending the canon Judith Johnston and Hilary Fraser; 12. Women writers and religion Elisabeth Jay; 13. Women writing for children Lynne Vallone.
Summary
These new essays by leading scholars explore nineteenth-century women's writing across a spectrum of genres. Individual chapters consider women as journalists, editors, translators, playwrights, autobiographers, biographers, writers for children and religious writers as well as novelists and poets. A chronology and guide to further reading provide valuable tools for students.
