Editorial Reviews
“I applaud John Paul M. Kanwit’s analysis of the numerous yet generally ignored women art critics of the Victorian era. By recovering and identifying the specificity of their interventions in relation to the development of exhibitions, institutions, professionalism, and art history, he has done the art history world a big favor.”
—Meaghan Clarke, senior lecturer in art history, University of Sussex
“Victorian Art Criticism and the Woman Writer . . . fill[s] an important gap in being one of the few works to acknowledge the role of female critics like Dilke, Eastlake, and Jameson and to discuss their writings, opinions, and influence at any length.”
—Jennifer J. Krisuk, Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature
“The Pre-Raphaelite focus on not only art but also art criticism makes Kanwit’s text . . . an important part of the larger discussion of art and literary criticism.”
—Ann Gagné, Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies
“Kanwit’s readings of novelistic scenes are often illuminating, and within the individual chapters there are many interesting insights into particular texts. There is also a very good attention paid to the nuances of particular careers.”
—Dehn Gilmore, Nineteenth-Century Literature
John Paul Kanwit 