Women Novelists Before Jane Austen: The Critics and Their Canons

Brian Corman

Published by University of Toronto Press 2008

Women Novelists Before Jane Austen

The Critics and Their Canons

Brian Corman

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689633

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About this book

This study historicizes the place of early women novelists in the British canon in order to provide an informed context for current views.

Author / Editor information

Corman Brian :

Brian Corman is a professor and chair of the Department of English at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

John Richetti:
'Corman has performed a real service by reading systematically(and very thoughtfully) in novel criticism from late eighteenth to the mid twentieth centuries and documenting with considerable exactness the formation of the novel canon and its accompanying prejudices and blind spots.'

"Corman convincingly charts the changing evaluations of early women novelists before Jane Austen. It is a welcome addition to historicist interpretations of the novel as a genre and casts an illuminating light on women writers in the commercial literary market place during any period."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Eighteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. 1800–1840 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. 1840–1880 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4. 1880–1920 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
5. 1920–1957 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Appendix: Novels Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320

eBook

Published: June 4, 2009
ISBN: 9781442689633