New Media and the Rise of the Popular Woman Writer, 1832 1860 (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture) - Softcover

Easley, Alexis

 
9781474475938: New Media and the Rise of the Popular Woman Writer, 1832 1860 (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture)

Synopsis

This book highlights the integral relationship between the rise of the popular woman writer and the expansion and diversification of newspaper, book and periodical print media during a period of unprecedented change, 1832 1860. It includes discussions of canonical women writers such as Felicia Hemans, Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot, as well as lesser-known figures such as Eliza Cook and Frances Brown. It also examines the ways in which women readers actively responded to a robust popular print culture by creating scrapbooks and engaging in forms of celebrity worship. At the same time, it demonstrates how Victorian women's participation in popular print culture anticipates our own engagement with new media in the twenty-first century.

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About the Author

Aleis Easley, Professor of English, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota.

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Explores the link between revolutionary change in the Victorian world of print and women's entry into the field of mass-market publishing This book highlights the integral relationship between the rise of the popular woman writer and the expansion and diversification of newspaper, book and periodical print media during a period of unprecedented change, 1832-1860. It includes discussions of canonical women writers such as Felicia Hemans, Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot, as well as lesser-known figures such as Eliza Cook and Frances Brown. It also examines the ways in which women readers actively responded to a robust popular print culture by creating scrapbooks and engaging in forms of celebrity worship. At the same time, it demonstrates how Victorian women's participation in popular print culture anticipates our own engagement with new media in the twenty-first century. Alexis Easley is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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9781474475921: New Media and the Rise of the Popular Woman Writer, 1832–1860 (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture)

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