Julia Wedgwood, the Unexpected Victorian - The Life and Writing of a Remarkable Female Intellectual

List of contents

List of Illustrations; Introduction: 'The Formidable Snowie'; Part I The Education of Julia Wedgwood Chapter One A Brilliant Child; Chapter Two Mentors, Friends and Pioneers; Chapter Three Waiting; Chapter Four The Young Novelist; Part II Great Men and Female Friends Chapter Five The Promise of Darwinism; Chapter Six 'The Era of My Life'; Chapter Seven A Woman's World; Chapter Eight The Responsibilities of the Poet; Part III Becoming a Woman of Letters Chapter Nine Finding a Voice; Chapter Ten A Forgotten Feminist; Chapter Eleven Doubt and the Fallibility of Idols; Chapter Twelve Domestic Contentment; Chapter Thirteen Coming to Terms with Darwin and His Legacy; Part IV The 'Thoughtful Woman Par Excellence' Chapter Fourteen The Message of Julia Wedgwood; Chapter Fifteen 'The Old Order Changeth'; Chapter Sixteen 'A Satisfi ed Guest'; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Sue Brown is an independent scholar based in London. She has published Joseph Severn: A Life. The Rewards of Friendship (2009), Small Island, Great Riches: the Life of Paul Asciak: Tenor and Teacher from Malta (2010) and many articles on Severn, Browning, Julia Wedgwood and Gladstone.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Brown
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2023
• EAN: 9781839988592
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-859-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Biography: literary, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Biography: writers, F.D. Maurice; George Eliot; Frances Power Cobbe