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Women, Work and the Victorian Periodical

Living by the Press

  • Marianne Van Remoortel
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Part of the Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture book series (PNWC)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction
    Marianne Van Remoortel
    Pages 1-8
  3. Women, Work and the Victorian Press
    Marianne Van Remoortel
    Pages 9-29
  4. Selling Domesticity: Eliza Warren Francis and the Ladies’ Treasury
    Marianne Van Remoortel, Jolein De Ridder
    Pages 30-49
  5. Threads of Life: Matilda Marian Pullan and Needlework Instruction
    Marianne Van Remoortel
    Pages 50-70
  6. Christina Rossetti and the Economics of Periodical Poetry
    Marianne Van Remoortel
    Pages 71-91
  7. The Fine Art of Satire: Florence and Adelaide Claxton and the Magazines
    Marianne Van Remoortel
    Pages 92-114
  8. Back-Room Workers Stepping Forward: Emily Faithfull and the Compositors of the Victoria Press
    Marianne Van Remoortel
    Pages 115-132
  9. Conclusion
    Marianne Van Remoortel
    Pages 133-137
  10. Back Matter
    Pages 138-189
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About this book

Introduction

Covering a wide range of magazine work, including editing, illustration, poetry, needlework instruction and typesetting, this book provides fresh insights into the participation of women in the nineteenth-century magazine industry.

Keywords

periodicals women's history authorship editorship illustration poetry typesetting needlework history of literature Victorian era women

Authors and affiliations

  • Marianne Van Remoortel
    • 1
  1. 1.Ghent UniversityBelgium

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