Introduction: The Necessity of Poetry in Victorian Women's Magazines Representing Feminine Power and Work Reulctant Prophets: Moral Themes and Exhortations Encoding Beauty Editors and Magazine Poets Conclusion: Why Poetry?

Ledbetter explores themes and patterns of poetry publication in a variety of women's periodicals published throughout the Victorian era using taste, style and the significance of poetry to advance our understanding of women's lives in the nineteenth century.

KATHRYN LEDBETTER is Associate Professor of English at Texas State University, San Marcos, USA.