Women Writers in the 19th Century. Women writers of nineteenth century history (including the Victorian era): women who have made an impact through their fiction or journalism or poetry. Hannah AdamsHannah Adams, published at the end of the 18th and first part of the 19th centuries, wrote about New England and about religion.
In 1832, published her own memoir, which gives valuable insight into the culture of the educated class of New England. Delia BaconDelia Bacon was the first writer to propose the theory that the historical man, William Shakspear, did not write the plays attributed to Shakespeare. Could the man whose will mentions disposition of his second-best bed be the same man who adapted stories found only in Italian or Latin, who knew details of a 1580 visit of Marguerite de Valois and Catherine de Medici to Henry of Navarre's court? Katharine Lee BatesKatharine Lee Bates biography - a biography of pioneer Wellesley educator Katharine Lee Bates, author of the lyrics of America the Beautiful.
Jane Austen. The Brontë Sisters. Gender in Victorian Literature. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, literature written specifically for boys and girls became increasingly popular. In fact, the New York publisher, Charles Scribner's 1894 catalog, Popular Books for Young People, separates reading by the sexes and Scribner's selections of book reviews highlights the different manner in which boys and girls were to enjoy their reading. Included in the $1.50 recommendations of Books for Boys are the following: Sou'wester and Sword. By Hugh St. Leger.
With the Sea Kings. In contrast, Scribner presents an utterly different list of reading for girls. Banshee Castle. The Clever Miss Follett. In fact, the reviewers themselves reveal the tone of the volumes they advertise. Adventure and school stories form the bulk of boys magazines. Girls continued to read their brother's books. In fact, even the length of the story lent to this new division. References Drotner, Kristin. Noakes, Richard.
Rowbotham, Judith. Warner, Susan. Victorian Children illustrated. I've had very limited internet access recently, as my wife has been desperately trying to meet a deadline for some copy-editing work. Hopefully, she'll earn enough to pay for our next holiday in France, so I don't want to get in her way. However, I managed to take advantage of a quiet moment to scan some images from a Victorian children's book from the 1880s: This link contains a very brief biographical sketch about the illustrator, Alice Havers, who was a member of the Society of Lady Artists and exhibited her work at the Royal Academy. The biographical sketch describes her pictures of children as "sentimental" and "pretty awful" and I can't say I passionately disagree, but there is something captivating about her idyllic, pastoral scenes. It isn't just the contrast these images strike with childhood today, but also the reality of the 1880s.
How many Victorian children lived like this: Alice Mary Havers married the artist Frederick Morgan and they had three children.