| Gender and the Victorian Periodical Contributor(s): Fraser, Hilary (Author), Green, Stephanie (Author), Johnston, Judith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521054575 ISBN-13: 9780521054577 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $41.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 052.094 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examining the important role played by the Victorian periodical in defining and refining gender roles during the second half of the nineteenth century, this study analyzes the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture. It considers issues of gender in the presses' development as a powerful political and social medium. The authors examine broad questions as they are explored in a range of periodicals, from literary and political reviews to comic magazines. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fraser, Hilary: - Hilary Fraser is Geoffrey Tillotson chair in Nineteenth-century studies in the School of English and Humanities at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Beauty and Belief: Aesthetics and Religion in Victorian Literature (Cambridge, 1986), The Victorians and Renaissance Italy (1992) and English Prose of the 19th Century (with Daniel Brown, 1997).Johnston, Judith: - Stephanie Green is Lecturer for the University Extension Program at the University of Western Australia and Marketing and Promotions Manager of Fremantle Arts Centre Press. She has published widely on topics in nineteenth-century literature.Green, Stephanie: - Judith Johnston teaches in English, Communication and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. She is editor with Margaret Harris of The Journals of George Eliot (1998) and author of Anna Jameson: Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters (1997). |