Educating the proper woman reader : Victorian family literary magazines and the cultural health of the nation / Jennifer Phegley.

Author/creator Phegley, Jennifer
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionx, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Middle class women--Books and reading. --English-speaking countries. --History. --19th century.
Women and literature--English-speaking countries. --History. --19th century.
Periodicals--Publishing. --Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Periodicals--Publishing. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Literature publishing--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
American literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Didactic literature, English--History and criticism.
Women in literature.

Contents Piracy and the patriotic woman reader : making British literature American in Harper's new monthly magazine, 1850-1855 -- The education and professionalization of the woman reader : consolidating middleclass power in the Cornhill magazine, 1860-1864 -- (Im)proper reading for women : Belgravia magazine and the defense of the sensation novel, 1866-1871 -- Victoria's secret : the woman's movement from reader to writer/critic, 1863-1868.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and index.
LCCN 2004007614
ISBN081420967X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0814290558 (cd-rom)