{"title":"Joanne Wilkes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoanne Wilkes\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the cultural and literary landscapes of nineteenth-century Britain. Her work often delves into the ways women engaged with literature, providing rich analysis of female perspectives and the nuances of reviewing in a historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate Wilkes’ thoughtful examination of gender and literary history, illuminating the voices and critiques of women in an era of changing social norms and artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"women-reviewing-women-in-nineteenth-century-britain-by-joanne-wilkes-9780754663362","title":"Women Reviewing Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing particularly on the critical reception of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot, Joanne Wilkes offers in-depth examinations of reviews by eight female critics: Maria Jane Jewsbury, Sara Coleridge, Hannah Lawrance, Jane Williams, Julia Kavanagh, Anne Mozley, Margaret Oliphant and Mary Augusta Ward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat they wrote about women writers, and what their writings tell us about the critics' own sense of themselves as women writers, reveal the distinctive character of nineteenth-century women's contributions to literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilkes explores the different choices these critics made about how to disseminate their own writing, in a time when women had to grapple with limiting assumptions about female intellectual capacities. While several publishing in periodicals wrote anonymously, others published books, articles and reviews under their own names.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilkes teases out the distinctiveness of nineteenth-century women's often ignored contributions to the critical reception of canonical women authors. She also devotes space to the pioneering efforts of Lawrance, Kavanagh and Williams to draw attention to the long tradition of female literary activity up to the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe draws on commentary by male critics of the period as well, to provide context for this important contribution to the recuperation of women's critical discourse in nineteenth-century Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608287101164,"sku":"9780754663362","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780754663362-women-reviewing-women-in-nineteenth-century-britain.jpg?v=1778194686"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/joanne-wilkes.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}