By William D Brewer
May 01, 2010
Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious ...
By Katharine Cockin
March 01, 2010
Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman maintaining a successful public persona whilst raising two illegitimate children....
By Barbara Neri
March 01, 2010
A canonical Victorian writer and thinker, Barrett Browning personified the engaged intellectual. This edition provides a foundation for a complete analysis and interpretation of her works – and of Victorian Britain. The edition presents accurate and accessible texts of all her published literary ...
By William D Brewer
June 01, 2009
Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious ...
By Laura Rattray
April 01, 2009
During her lifetime, Edith Wharton was America's most popular and prolific writer. This book presents the unpublished writings of a canonical author, along with three stage-plays that open up a different field of Wharton studies. It also includes a general introduction, volume introductions, ...
By Leigh Wetherall Dickson
April 01, 2009
Offers the works of Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), the late Romantic-era novelist most famous for her affair with Lord Byron. Presenting Lamb's works in a scholarly format, this book situates her literary achievements within the context of her Whig allegiances, her sense of noblesse oblige and her...
By Brenda Ayres
January 01, 2009
Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels....
By Corinna Wagner
December 01, 2008
John Thelwall was London Corresponding Society's most prominent orators and was tried for high treason along with Thomas Hardy and John Horne Tooke in 1794. This edition brings together Thelwall's most important political writing ranging from scientific pamphlets and writings on the art of ...
By Neil Chambers
December 01, 2008
After James Cook's voyage in HMS Endeavour, Banks developed a network of scientists and explorers. Banks's correspondence is one of the great primary sources for studying the Pacific region during this important period of exploration and colonial expansion....
By P N Furbank
December 01, 2008
This is a comprehensive collection of the writings of Daniel Defoe. Grouped under five thematic headings, it aims to give as extensive a representation as possible of Defoe's work in all the literary genres to which he contributed....
By P N Furbank
October 01, 2008
Brings together three parts of "Robinson Crusoe" and examines their relationship. This work contains editorial material that includes a substantial introduction to each novel, explanatory endnotes, textual notes, and a consolidated index....
By William Thomas
July 01, 2008
Presents the candid diary of Thomas Macaulay, Victorian statesman, historian and author of "The History of England". This work shows how, spanning the period 1838 to 1859, the journal is the longest work from Macaulay's pen. It states that these unique manuscripts held at Trinity College, Cambridge...