Overview
"To 19th-century writers the dynamic periodical press seemed both an influential medium and a means to pay the bills. A suprising number of women, despite limited education, parental opposition and the competitive nature of this developing profession sought to earn a living through journalism. Others saw the press as a valuable mechanism for educating the masses or a powerful channel for influencing public opinion. How did these women fare in Grub Street? Could they harness the power of the press? Who were the ""lady journalists""? The women featured in this book range from Mary Russell Mitford to Flora Shaw to Margaret Gatty. Drawing on varied contemporary sources - memoirs, letters, magazines, journals, newspapers, and contemporary fiction about journalism - and her own database covering hundreds of women, Barbara Onslow assesses their contributions to journalism and how it affected the careers of writers as diverse as George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Anna Maria Hall, and Mary Braddon and Charlotte Yonge."
Full Product Details
Author: NA NA ,
Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 2001 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.545kg
ISBN: 9780312236021
ISBN 10: 0312236026
Pages: 297
Publication Date: 03 February 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
. ..vivid and compelling...students of publishing history and of women's literature are in her debt. --Solveig C. Robinson, Victorian Studies Onslow instead provides a very useful survey of the journalistic field, identifying a host of forgotten women writers... --Lillian Nayder, Victorian Periodicals Review
... vivid and compelling...students of publishing history and of women's literature are in her debt. --Solveig C. Robinson, Victorian Studies Onslow instead provides a very useful survey of the journalistic field, identifying a host of forgotten women writers... --Lillian Nayder, Victorian Periodicals Review .,. vivid and compelling...students of publishing history and of women's literature are in her debt. --Solveig C. Robinson, Victorian Studies Onslow instead provides a very useful survey of the journalistic field, identifying a host of forgotten women writers... --Lillian Nayder, Victorian Periodicals Review . ..vivid and compelling...students of publishing history and of women's literature are in her debt. --Solveig C. Robinson, Victorian Studies Onslow instead provides a very useful survey of the journalistic field, identifying a host of forgotten women writers... --Lillian Nayder, Victorian Periodicals Review .. .vivid and compelling...students of publishing history and of women's literature are in her debt. --Solveig C. Robinson, Victorian Studies Onslow instead provides a very useful survey of the journalistic field, identifying a host of forgotten women writers... --Lillian Nayder, Victorian Periodicals Review
. ..vivid and compelling...students of publishing history and of women's literature are in her debt. --Solveig C. Robinson, Victorian Studies<br> Onslow instead provides a very useful survey of the journalistic field, identifying a host of forgotten women writers... --Lillian Nayder, Victorian Periodicals Review<br>
.,. vivid and compelling...students of publishing history and of women's literature are in her debt. --Solveig C. Robinson, Victorian Studies<br> Onslow instead provides a very useful survey of the journalistic field, identifying a host of forgotten women writers... --Lillian Nayder, Victorian Periodicals Review<br>
Author Information
Barbara Onslow is Lecturer in English, University of Reading.
