Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

by Abigail B. Bloom

Overview

British women writers of the 19th century were a remarkably talented, diverse, and prolific group. Some, such as Jane Austen and George Eliot, significantly contributed to the evolution of the English novel, while others, such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti, are known for their poetry. And some, such as Marie Corelli, were enormously popular during their lifetimes but are now known primarily by scholars. This reference book is a guide to the lives and achievements of women writers of the period.

Included are alphabetically arranged entries for more than 90 British women writers of the 19th century, ranging from the famous to the obscure. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the critical response to the writer's works, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, including web sites. The volume closes with a selected bibliography of anthologies and critical works.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313304392
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/2000
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

ABIGAIL BURNHAM BLOOM is Managing Editor of the jourbanal Victorian Literature and Culture. She is the coeditor of Anne Thackeray Ritchie: Jourbanals and Letters (1994) and author of the forthcoming article Transcending through Incongruity: The Background of Humor in Carlife's Sartor Resartus in The Victorian Comic Spirit. She has written and lectured on the Carlyles and the Brontès.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Nineteenth Century British Women Writers
Bibliography
Index