Women, Work and the Victorian Periodical

Living by the Press
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-43598-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 189 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3551 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture

Covering a wide range of magazine work, including editing, illustration, poetry, needlework instruction and typesetting, this book provides fresh insights into the participation of women in the nineteenth-century magazine industry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Remoortel, Marianne Van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Mediengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Women, Work and the Victorian Press
2. Selling Domesticity: Eliza Warren Francis and the Ladies' Treasury
3. Threads of Life: Matilda Marian Pullan and Needlework Instruction
4. Christina Rossetti and the Economics of Periodical Poetry
5. The Fine Art of Satire: Florence and Adelaide Claxton and the Magazines
6. Back-Room Workers Stepping Forward: The Compositors of the Victoria Press
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marianne Van Remoortel is Assistant Professor of English Literature at the Department of Literary Studies, Ghent University, Belgium.