03853nam 2200841Ia 450 991081712770332120200520144314.01-134-83233-81-134-83234-61-280-32751-00-203-16014-210.4324/9780203160145 (CKB)1000000000251533(EBL)179885(OCoLC)51074547(SSID)ssj0000071116(PQKBManifestationID)11971819(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071116(PQKBWorkID)10070047(PQKB)10792826(SSID)ssj0000301887(PQKBManifestationID)11248924(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301887(PQKBWorkID)10265927(PQKB)10961415(MiAaPQ)EBC179885(Au-PeEL)EBL179885(CaPaEBR)ebr10058312(CaONFJC)MIL32751(OCoLC)826514808(EXLCZ)99100000000025153319911129d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiving by the pen women writers in the eighteenth century /Cheryl TurnerPaperback edition.London ;New York Routledgec19921 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-11196-X 0-415-04411-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-250) and index.LIVING BY THE PEN Women writers in the eighteenth century; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Earlier Interpretations of the Development of Eighteenth-Century Women's Fiction; 2 Seventeenth-Century Foundations; 3 The Growth of Eighteenth-Century Women's Fiction; 4 Professional Authorship-The Alternatives for Women; 5 Women Novelists and Their Publishers; 6 Professional Women Novelists-Earning an Income; 7 Access To Women's Fiction; Appendix A: A Catalogue of Women's Fiction Published In Book Form 1696-1796Appendix B: A Chronological List of Women Authors 1696-1796Notes; Bibliography; IndexLiving by the Pen traces the pattern of the development of women's fiction from 1696 to 1796 and offers an interpretation of its distinctive features. It focuses upon the writers rather than their works, and identifies professional novelists. Through examination of the extra-literary context, and particularly the publishing market, the book asks why and how women earned a living by the pen. Cheryl Turner has researched and lectured widely in the field of eighteenth-century women's writing.English fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomen and literatureGreat BritainHistory18th centuryAuthors and publishersGreat BritainHistory18th centuryWomenBooks and readingGreat BritainHistory18th centuryEnglish fiction18th centuryHistory and criticismWomen novelists, English18th centuryBiographyAuthorshipSex differencesEnglish fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryAuthors and publishersHistoryWomenBooks and readingHistoryEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.Women novelists, EnglishAuthorshipSex differences.809823.0099287823/.5099287Turner Cheryl1955-457399MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817127703321Living by the pen181240UNINA