British women novelists and the review periodical /

"How did book reviews shape the fate of novels and their authors during the height of women's literary influence? At the turn of the nineteenth century, British women novelists were publishing more fiction than their male counterparts, yet their place in literary history remains precarious...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Peiser, Megan L., 1985- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2026]
Subjects:	English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. Women novelists, English > 18th century. English periodicals > History > 18th century. Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique. Romancières anglaises > 18e siècle. Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle. LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Reading the review periodical in eighteenth-century England
A dialogue in print : reviews and novel prefaces
The rise and fall of Charlotte Smith, novelist
A study in 55 novels : data trouble and resistant narratives in the novel's history
Postscript.