In this book, Marijn S. Kaplan juxtaposes Riccoboni’s epistolary fiction with some of her relatively unknown letters to her publisher, editors, Diderot, Laclos etc. (included, with translations), tracing related proto-feminist strategies in both to her first novel Lettres de Mistriss Fanni Butlerd (1757).
In this book, Marijn S. Kaplan juxtaposes Riccoboni’s epistolary fiction with some of her relatively unknown letters to her publisher, editors, Dide...
This is the first volume since George Sherburn’s (published 1934) to reconsider how the most influential poet of eighteenth-century Britain fashioned his early career. It covers Pope’s writings from across the reign of Queen Anne and focuses, in particular, on his interaction with the courtly culture constellated around her.
This is the first volume since George Sherburn’s (published 1934) to reconsider how the most influential poet of eighteenth-century Britain fashione...
