Gender and the Victorian Periodical (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 41) - Hardcover

Fraser, Hilary; Green, Stephanie; Johnston, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521830729 ISBN 13: 9780521830720

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

Gender and the Victorian Periodical examines the important part played by the Victorian periodical in defining and refining the ideas of gender and gender roles during the second half of the nineteenth century. It locates the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture, and consider issues of gender in the development of the press as a powerful political and social medium. The study examines broad questions as they are explored in a range of different kinds of periodicals, from journalism to comic magazines.

About the Author:

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).

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).

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521830729
• ISBN 13: 9780521830720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276