Reviewing Sex Gender and the Reception of Victorian Novels [Paperback]

Reviewing Sex: Gender and the Reception of Victorian Novels looks at the influence of Victorian definitions of gender on the cultural processes of reading and canon formation in nineteenth-century England, examining the reception of several mid-century works in over 100 Victorian book reviews. This study investigates four canonical and popular novelists (Emily Bronte, Anthony Trollope, Charles Reade, Charlotte Yonge), all of whom caused high cultural commotions by epitomizing or subverting contemporary definitions of 'masculine' or 'feminine' writing.List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Reviewing and Writing: Sex and Gender - The 'Virile Creator' Versus the 'Twaddlers Tame and Soft': Charles Reade's It Is Never Too Late To Mend - The Unveiling of Ellis Bell: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights -'Something Both More And Less than Manliness': Anthony Trollope's Reception - 'The Angel in the Circulating Library': Charlotte Yonge's The Heir of Redclyffe - Conclusion - Appendix: Victorian Periodicals: Reputation, Readership, and Circulation - Works Cited and Consulted - IndexNICOLE DIANE THOMPSON