Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women by Harriet Devine Jump

Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women by Harriet Devine Jump

This anthology brings together twenty-eight lively and readable short stories by nineteenth-century women writers, including gothic tales to romances, detective fiction and ghost stories. Containing short fiction by well-known authors such as: * Maria Edgeworth * Mary Shelley * Elizabeth Gaskell * Margaret Oliphant Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women also includes: * a scholarly introduction * biographies for each of the authors * full explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading * a critical commentary, publication details and historical context * a full and wide-ranging bibliography The bibliography of resources and further reading will enable those interested in pursuing research on any author or topic to do so with ease, and a thematic index will enable teachers to select material best suited to their courses.

'..a welcome and eye-catching volume... will stimulate scholarly interest and provide a much-needed course text for students.' - Gothic Studies

Harriet Devine Jump is Senior Lecturer in English at Edge Hill University College. Her recent publications include Mary Wollstonecraft: Writer (1994) and Women's Writing of the Romantic Period, 1789-1836 (1997). Women's Writing of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901 will be published in 1998.

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ISBN 13	9780415167826
ISBN 10	0415167825
Title	Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women
Author	Harriet Devine Jump
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1998-03-12
Number of pages	460
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