{"product_id":"a-popular-encyclopaedia-of-victorian-russell-james-9781738408306","title":"A Popular Encyclopaedia of Victorian Women Writers: The famous, the forgotten, the forlorn","description":"A compendious illustrated guide to those industrious but often overlooked women writers of the Victorian era: the famous, the forgotten and the forlorn. More than 1,500 women authors, along with over 400 pseudonyms, 400 quotes and extracts, and a further 40 subject entries and essays.\u003cbr\u003eNot just the familiar names - though they're all there - but literally hundreds of minor and middle-ranking authors, along with the magazines they were serialized in, the trends, the publishers, and the disadvantages and problems women writers faced in what was assumed to be a man's world.\u003cbr\u003eYou'll find entries on \u003ci\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eBigamy Novel\u003c\/b\u003e, Children's Literature, Domestic Fiction, \u003cb\u003eFeminism First Faltering Footsteps\u003c\/b\u003e, Ghost Stories, Governess Stories, Literary Style, Living in a Man's World, \u003cb\u003e Morality and Religion\u003c\/b\u003e, The New Woman, Romance, \u003cb\u003eSensation Novels\u003c\/b\u003e, Silly and Silver Fork Novels, \u003cb\u003eSocial Conditions and Reform\u003c\/b\u003e, The Three-Decker novel, Tracts and Tract Societies, \u003cb\u003eTravellers and Explorers\u003c\/b\u003e, 'Womanly Fiction', 'Woman's Place' \u003c\/i\u003e- and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a popular encyclopaedia, not an academic text. It's a book to read and enjoy, to dip into and consult for reference, and it's very readable. Not only is it written in easy-to-read prose but (almost uniquely) it is packed with extracts from Victorian women's writing - paragraphs, short scenes, verses - to bring these authors back to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1738408302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781738408306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prospero Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d","brand":"Russell James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717807239423,"sku":"9781738408306","price":30.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82079143-c050-4f05-b523-c482e30f30e4.jpg?v=1705689484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-popular-encyclopaedia-of-victorian-russell-james-9781738408306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}