Living by the Pen: Women Writers in the Eighteenth Century

Living by the Pen: Women Writers in the Eighteenth Century
ISBN-10
1134832338
ISBN-13
9781134832330
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2002-09-11
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Cheryl Turner

Description

Living by the Pen traces the pattern of the development of women's fiction from 1696 to 1796 and offers an interpretation of its distinctive features. It focuses upon the writers rather than their works, and identifies professional novelists. Through examination of the extra-literary context, and particularly the publishing market, the book asks why and how women earned a living by the pen. Cheryl Turner has researched and lectured widely in the field of eighteenth-century women's writing.

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