The Woman and the Hour: Harriet Martineau and Victorian Ideologies

by Caroline Roberts

Harriet Martineau was a major figure in the Victorian period and a prominent speaker in a number of contemporary cultural debates, including racism, atheism, abolitionism, and the status of women. Her various novels, essays, and articles generated tremendous controversy in their reception as they forced such topics of debate into the public realm. Caroline Roberts's The Woman and the Hour provides an engaging examination of seven of Martineau's most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802035965
• ISBN13: 9780802035967
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher