Author: Mary HowittPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Letter from Mary Howitt to William Blackwood & Sons
Author: Mary HowittLetter from William Howitt to William Blackwood & Sons
Author: William HowittBecoming a Woman of Letters
Author: Linda H. PetersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400833256
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
During the nineteenth century, women authors for the first time achieved professional status, secure income, and public fame. How did these women enter the literary profession; meet the demands of editors, publishers, booksellers, and reviewers; and achieve distinction as "women of letters"? Becoming a Woman of Letters examines the various ways women writers negotiated the market realities of authorship, and looks at the myths and models women writers constructed to elevate their place in the profession. Drawing from letters, contracts, and other archival material, Linda Peterson details the careers of various women authors from the Victorian period. Some, like Harriet Martineau, adopted the practices of their male counterparts and wrote for periodicals before producing a best seller; others, like Mary Howitt and Alice Meynell, began in literary partnerships with their husbands and pursued independent careers later in life; and yet others, like Charlotte Brontë, and her successors Charlotte Riddell and Mary Cholmondeley, wrote from obscure parsonages or isolated villages, hoping an acclaimed novel might spark a meteoric rise to fame. Peterson considers these women authors' successes and failures--the critical esteem that led to financial rewards and lasting reputations, as well as the initial successes undermined by publishing trends and pressures. Exploring the burgeoning print culture and the rise of new genres available to Victorian women authors, this book provides a comprehensive account of the flowering of literary professionalism in the nineteenth century.
2 letters from Richard Howitt to William Blackwood & Sons
Author: Richard HowittLetters from Mary Howitt to William Tait
Author: Mary HowittMrs. Gaskell's Observation and Invention
Author: John Geoffrey SharpsPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell,
Author: Joanne ShattockPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351220128
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Features Elizabeth Gaskell's work. This work brings together her journalism, her shorter fiction, which was published in various collections during her lifetime, her early personal writing, including a diary written between 1835 and 1838 when she was a young mother, her five full-length novels and "The Life of Charlotte Bronte".
Women as Letter-writers
Author: Ada M. IngpenPublisher:
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Category : English letters
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The Spectator
Author: Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.