Becoming a Woman of Letters: Myths of Authorship and Facts of the Victorian Market

by Linda H. Peterson

Book Overview

During the nineteenth century, women authors for the first time achieved professional status, secure income, and public fame. How did these women enter the literary profession; meet the demands of editors, publishers, booksellers, and reviewers; and achieve distinction as "women of letters"? Becoming a Woman of Letters examines the various ways women writers negotiated the market realities of authorship, and looks at the myths and models...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691140170
• ISBN13: 9780691140179
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"