Reading Women: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons from the Victorian Age to the Present

Book Overview

Literary and popular culture has often focused its attention on women readers, particularly since early Victorian times. In Reading Women, an esteemed group of new and established scholars provides a close study of the evolution of the woman reader by examining a wide range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century media, including Antebellum scientific treatises, Victorian paintings, and Oprah Winfrey's televised book club, as well as the writings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802094872
• ISBN13: 9780802094872
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"