New Media and the Rise of the Popular Woman Writer, 1832–1860

Explores the link between revolutionary change in the Victorian world of print and women’s entry into the field of mass-market publishing Explores the relationship between the rise of new media during the early decades of the Victorian era and the opportunities that arose for women to write for emerging mass-market audiencesBrings to light archival materials that illuminate the working lives of women writers, 1832-60Situates canonical women writers within emerging media and introduces the career