User talk:Duf Davis

Duf - About your comment on Jane Austen's talk page that all women authors pre 1900 had to adopt a male pseudonym in order to get published: There were many female authors publishing work under their own name, or simply "A Lady," during the long eighteenth century (1685-1830). In fact, some male novelists during this time published under female pseudonyms. This changed during the Victorian Age (post 1838), but was not an issue at the time Austen was writing (1811-1817). For examples of women writing under their own names, check out Frances Burney, Amelia Opie, Elizabeth Inchbald, Maria Edgeworth, and Charlotte Lennox, to name a few. For more information on the many female novelists up to and including Austen, check out Dale Spender's 1986 Mothers of the Novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen.

Mitzy 02:47, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)