LEADER 03815oam 2200553 450 001 9910136106503321 005 20180222162301.0 010 $a0-472-12224-X 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.8833813 035 $a(CKB)3710000000915115 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4732296 035 $a(OCoLC)960909718 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse54286 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.8833813 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000915115 100 $a20160823d2016 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe social life of criticism $egender, critical writing, and the politics of belonging /$fKimberly J. Stern 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-472-13007-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"The Social Life of Criticism explores the cultural representation of the female critic in Victorian Britain, focusing especially on how women writers imagined themselves--in literary essays, periodical reviews, and even works of fiction--as participants in complex networks of literary exchange. Kimberly Stern proposes that in response to the "male collectivity" prominently featured in critical writings, female critics adopted a social and sociological understanding of the profession, often reimagining the professional networks and communities they were so eager to join. This engaging study begins by looking at the eighteenth century, when critical writing started to assume the institutional and generic structures we associate with it today, and examines a series of case studies that illuminate how women writers engaged with the forms of intellectual sociability that defined nineteenth-century criticism--including critical dialogue, the club, the salon, and the publishing firm. In doing so, it clarifies the fascinating rhetorical and political debates surrounding the figure of the female critic and charts how women writers worked both within and against professional communities. Ultimately, Stern contends that gender was a formative influence on critical practice from the very beginning, presenting the history of criticism as a history of gender politics. While firmly grounded in literary studies, The Social Life of Criticism combines an attention to historical context with a deep investment in feminist scholarship, social theory, and print culture. The book promises to be of interest not only to professional academics and graduate students in nineteenth-century literature but also to scholars in a wide range of disciplines, including literature, intellectual history, cultural studies, gender theory, and sociology"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aFeminist literary criticism 606 $aCriticism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aCriticism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aFeminist literary criticism. 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 676 $a801/.95082 686 $aLIT003000$2bisacsh 700 $aStern$b Kimberly Jo$f1977-$01225920 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136106503321 996 $aThe social life of criticism$92892465 997 $aUNINA