Popular Victorian Women Writers - by Kay Boardman & Shirley Jones (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>'Popular Victorian women writers' is a collection of essays on a variety of women writers working within the Victorian literary marketplace. Diverse and inclusive, the great strength of this book is that its emphasis on neglected writers and refreshing new angles on more widely known authors sends its readers back eagerly to the primary texts.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>'Popular Victorian women writers' is a collection of essays on a diverse group of women writers working within the Victorian literary marketplace. The book includes essays on well-known authors such as Ellen Wood, Mary Braddon, Rhoda Broughton and Charlotte Yonge but also includes pieces on writers such as Jessie Fothergill and Eliza Meteyard who are rarely read nowadays, even by Victorian specialists. Fothergill and Meteyard, together with Mary Howitt, form a trio of writers considered within the book whose writing focused particularly on issues of social progress. Wood, Braddon and Broughton are collectively associated with best-selling sensation and romantic fiction. Writing for and about children and childhood is represented here by the work of Charlotte Yonge, Louisa Molesworth and Juliana Ewing. Each essay sets the individual author briefly within their biographical and literary context and provides original insights into their work. One of the strengths of this collection is its variety and inclusivity. It brings the work of largely unknown authors and new perspectives on known authors to critical and public attention. The essays are accessible and informative enough for an undergraduate with little or no knowledge of each author, and are ideal for students of Victorian literature and culture on a variety of courses, as well as for tutors who want to direct their students to read outside of the canon. The book will also be of interest to scholars of the Victorian period, particularly of popular fiction and the marketplace.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Popular Victorian women writers considers a diverse group of women writers within the Victorian literary marketplace. It looks at authors such as Ellen Wood, Mary Braddon, Rhoda Broughton and Charlotte Yonge as well as less well-known writers including Jessie Fothergill and Eliza Meteyard. Each essay sets the individual author within her biographical and literary context and provides refreshing insights into their work. Together they bring the work of largely unknown authors and new perspectives on known authors to critical and public attention. Accessible and informative, the book is ideal for students of Victorian literature and culture as well as tutors and scholars of the period.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br>Kay Boardman is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Central Lancashire <p/>Shirley Jones teaches in higher education in the North-West of England<br>
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