Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women: A Routledge Anthology

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415167825 ISBN 13: 9780415167826

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

This anthology brings together twenty-eight lively and readable short stories by nineteenth-century women writers, including gothic tales to romances, detective fiction and ghost stories. Containing short fiction by well-known authors such as:
* Maria Edgeworth
* Mary Shelley
* Elizabeth Gaskell
* Margaret Oliphant
Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women also includes:
* a scholarly introduction
* biographies for each of the authors
* full explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading
* a critical commentary, publication details and historical context
* a full and wide-ranging bibliography
The bibliography of resources and further reading will enable those interested in pursuing research on any author or topic to do so with ease, and a thematic index will enable teachers to select material best suited to their courses.

Review:

"A fascinating read. Generously researched and encouragingly comprehensive, this collection looks at a key period in the development of the modern short story and highlights the role that women authors--many of them forgotten--played in the exploration of the form. The range of writers is impressive: gothic, romantic, fantastic, with remarkably modern, subversive voices breaking through."
-A. L. Kennedy

Synopsis:

This anthology brings together 28 lively short stories, including gothic tales to romances, detective fiction and ghost stories, 19th-century women writers. It contains short fiction by authors such as Maria Edgeworth, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Margaret Oliphant. The anthology includes: a full scholarly introduction; a biography for each of the authors; full explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading; a critical commentary, publication details and historical context; and a full and wide-ranging bibliography which will enable those interested in pursuing research on any author or topic to do so. A thematic index will enable teachers to select material best suited to their courses.