Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(IX, 189 pages :).
SERIES
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Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine generated contents note: --;List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Women, Work and the Victorian Press2. Selling Domesticity: Eliza Warren Francis and the Ladies' Treasury3. Threads of Life: Matilda Marian Pullan and Needlework Instruction4. Christina Rossetti and the Economics of Periodical Poetry5. The Fine Art of Satire: Florence and Adelaide Claxton and the Magazines6. Back-Room Workers Stepping Forward: The Compositors of the Victoria PressConclusionBibliographyIndex.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Covering a wide range of magazine work, including editing, illustration, poetry, needlework instruction and typesetting, this book provides fresh insights into the participation of women in the nineteenth-century magazine industry.