The Woman Reader, 1837-1914

by Kate Flint

Book Overview

This book is an original and fascinating look at the topos of the woman reader and its functioning in cultural debate between the accession of Queen Victoria and the First World War. The issue of women and reading--what they should read; what they should be protected from; how, what, and when they should read--was the focus of lively discussion in the nineteenth century in a wide range of media. Flint uses recent feminist analyses of how women read...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198121857
• ISBN13: 9780198121855
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"