Gender and the Victorian Periodical

by Judith Johnston, Stephanie Green, Hilary Fraser

Book Overview

Examining the important role played by the Victorian periodical in defining and refining gender roles during the second half of the nineteenth century, this study analyzes the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture. It considers issues of gender in the presses' development as a powerful political and social medium. The authors examine broad questions as they are explored in a range of periodicals, from literary and political reviews to comic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521054575
• ISBN13: 9780521054577
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"