British Victorian women's periodicals : beauty, civilization, and poetry / Kathryn Ledbetter.

Author/creator Ledbetter, Kathryn, 1952-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionxiii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects
English poetry--19th century. --History and criticism.
Women--Great Britain. --Intellectual life. --19th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Journalism and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Literature publishing--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Poetry--Publishing. --Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Women's periodicals, English--History. --19th century.
Aesthetics, British--19th century.

SeriesNineteenth-century major lives and letters
Nineteenth-century major lives and letters. ^A719558
Contents Introduction: The necessity of poetry in Victorian women's magazines -- Representing feminine power and work -- Reluctant prophets: moral themes and exhortations -- Encoding beauty -- Editors and magazine poets -- Conclusion: Why poetry?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-230) and index.
LCCN 2008034622
ISBN023060126X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230601260 (alk. paper)

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