Feminist Readings of Victorian Popular Texts: Divergent Femininities: Divergent Femininities

by Emma Liggins and Daniel Duffy

This title was first published in 2001. The essays in this collection examine the apparent endorsement and subversion of class and gender norms in Victorian popular fiction, poetry, periodicals and modes of theatrical entertainment. Topics covered include: sensation fiction, ghost stories, working-class women's poetry, women's annuals, girls' magazines, stage melodrama and stage comedy. The contributors consider texts and markets in the context of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138730270
• ISBN13: 9781138730274
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge