Subjugated Knowledges - by Laurel Brake (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Examining the relation of print and culture in the 19th century, this book scrutinizes the cultural politics and production of Victorian magazines. A high degree of interdependence among literature, history and journalism is alleged, and ways in which space is designated male or female is explored.

Review Quotes

'...a thought-provoking book which advances our knowledge of Victorian journalism. Pater and Arnold, and even Wilde, would have approved.' - Joanne Shattock, Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

LAUREL BRAKE is Reader in Literature and Print Culture at Birkbeck College, She is the author of Subjugated Knowledges (1994) and Walter Pater (1994), and has co-edited Investigating Victorian Journalism (1990), Pater in the 1990s (1991) and The Endings of Epochs (1995). She has published articles and reviews on nineteenth-century literature, publishing and cultural theory.