Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835 : a dangerous recreation /
"The growth of female reading audiences from the mid eighteenth century to the early Victorian era represents both a vital episode in women's history and a highly significant factor in shaping the literary production of the period.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Pygmalionesses and the pencil under the petticoat: Richardson, Johnson and Byron
- 2. What should girls and women read?
- 3. The pleasures and perils of reading
- 4. Pleasures and perils of reading: some case histories.
- 5. Where and how should women read?
- 6. Preparing for equality: class, gender, reading
- 7. A dangerous recreation: women and novel-reading.