Reading Women
Subtitle: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons from the Victorian Age to the Present (Studies in Book and Print Culture)
Contributors: Janet Badia (Editor); Jennifer Phegley (Editor)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: October 23, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780802089281
Subjects: Cultural studies; Women's studies; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Women Authors; Literary Criticism & Collections / Books & Reading; Books & Reading; 19th century; 20th century; Books and reading; English-speaking countries; History; Women; Women in literature
First sentence: When the young Jane Eyre takes her seat in the curtained alcove in the opening pages of Bronte's novel, she brings with her a book to read.