New Media and the Rise of the Popular Woman Writer, 1832–1860

Alexis Easley

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

New Media and the Rise of the Popular Woman Writer, 1832–1860

Alexis Easley

In the series Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474475945

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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

Explores the relationship between the rise of new media during the early decades of the Victorian era and the opportunities that arose for women to write for emerging mass-market audiences
Brings to light archival materials that illuminate the working lives of women writers, 1832-60
Situates canonical women writers within emerging media and introduces the careers of a variety of lesser known authors of the period

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Felicia Hemans and the Birth of the Mass-Market Woman Poet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
2 Eliza Cook, New Media Innovator Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3 George Eliot, the Brontës and the Market for Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
4 Women Writers and Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
5 Frances Brown and the ‘Modern’ Market for Print Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
6 Scrapbooks and Women’s Reading Practices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474475945