The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Women's Writing (Paperback)

Introduction: Victorian women writers and modern literary criticism Linda H. Peterson; Part I. Victorian Women Writers' Careers: 1. Making a debut Alexis Easley; 2. Becoming a professional writer Joanne Shattock; 3. Working with publishers Linda H. Peterson; 4. Assuming the role of editor Beth Palmer; 5. Achieving fame and canonicity Alison Chapman; Part II. Victorian Women Writers' Achievements: Genres and Modes: 6. Poetry Linda K. Hughes; 7. Silver-fork, industrial, and Gothic fiction Ella Dzelzainis; 8. The Realist novel Deirdre d'Albertis; 9. Sensation and New Woman fiction Lyn Pykett; 10. Drama and theater Katherine Newey; 11. Life writing Carol Hanberry Mackay; 12. Travel writing Tamara S. Wagner; 13. Colonial and imperial writing Mary Ellis Gibson and Jason R. Rudy; 14. History writing Deborah A. Logan; 15. Periodical writing Margaret Beetham; 16. Reviewing Joanne Wilkes; 17. Children's writing Claudia Nelson.