In the early and mid-nineteenth century, Marguerite Blessington, who had been born in Ireland but spent most of her life in London, became a famous salonniere; she was generally regarded as an important contemporary author, but as no literary executor took care of her oeuvre posthumously, she soon fell into obscurity. Her novels, partly informed by the genre of the silver-fork novel, are typical examples of Romantic Victorianism, influenced by the Romantic cult of the solitary male self, by the fascination with Italy, and by the 1840s vogue of crime fiction, while simultaneously giving...
In the early and mid-nineteenth century, Marguerite Blessington, who had been born in Ireland but spent most of her life in London, became a famous...
This edition connects four female writers from two different countries, presenting the English translations of two of the most popular eighteenth-century French novels and a sequel to one of them.
This edition connects four female writers from two different countries, presenting the English translations of two of the most popular eighteenth-cent...
Ann Gomersall s The Citizen (1790) is an epistolary novel, written over two volumes. Gomersall came out of the merchant class in Leeds and little else is known about her, but she began writing to raise funds for her merchant husband to re-enter business after he lost his money. This is the first modern critical edition of Gomersall s work."
Ann Gomersall s The Citizen (1790) is an epistolary novel, written over two volumes. Gomersall came out of the merchant class in Leeds and little else...
Published in 1763, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville was Frances Brooke s first and most successful novel. This modern critical edition contains an introductory essay on the text, endnotes and textual variants as well as appendices containing contemporary reviews and some of Brooke s other writing."
Published in 1763, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville was Frances Brooke s first and most successful novel. This modern critical edition contains an...
This is the first modern scholarly edition of Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale (1818). Owenson's seventh novel, it is the most sophisticated of her four 'national tales'. Owenson combined conventional romance plotlines with the political and social problems in Ireland, following the passing of the Act of Union in 1800.
This is the first modern scholarly edition of Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale (1818). Owenson's seventh novel, it is the most sophisticated of her fo...
Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition The Rash Resolve (1724) and Life s Progress (1748) show her developing and adapting her ideas on the subject of passion and romance. Though superficially presented as cautionary tales, Haywood introduces a feminist slant."
Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition The Rash Resolve (1724) an...
Born in Dublin into the Anglo-Irish gentry, Anna Maria Hall moved to London when she was fifteen where she became famous for her books, plays and travel writing. It was her book, Sketches of Irish Character (1829) which made her a household name. This modern critical edition is based on Hall's third, revised edition of 1844.
Born in Dublin into the Anglo-Irish gentry, Anna Maria Hall moved to London when she was fifteen where she became famous for her books, plays and trav...
Thomas Holcroft s 1786 translation of Isabelle de Montolieu s novel is a textual encounter between a rather conventional Swiss woman and a British radical. Just as Montolieu did in her own translations, Holcroft reworked parts of the novel to make it more appealing to his intended audience."
Thomas Holcroft s 1786 translation of Isabelle de Montolieu s novel is a textual encounter between a rather conventional Swiss woman and a British rad...
Self-Control (1811) was a literary sensation, going into four editions in its first year. The first novelist to set her story against a strong Scottish background, Brunton set the scene for other writers such as Walter Scott. Jane Austen was also a fan, she read it at least twice, worrying that the work might foreshadow her own creations.
Self-Control (1811) was a literary sensation, going into four editions in its first year. The first novelist to set her story against a strong Scottis...
Interest in the work of Eliza Haywood has increased greatly over the last two decades. Though much scholarship is focused on her scandalous early career, this critical edition of The Invisible Spy (1755) adds to the canon of her later, more sophisticated work."
Interest in the work of Eliza Haywood has increased greatly over the last two decades. Though much scholarship is focused on her scandalous early care...
