This collection traces the unique experiences of nineteenth-century women writers within a celebrity culture that was intimately connected to the expansion of print technology and of …
This new biography of Lady Blessington, the first in more than eighty years, illuminates the private and public life of this important but neglected salonnière and author. This study …
L McCoy - Eighteenth-Century Fiction, 2014 - utpjournals.press
In this article, I argue for a reconsideration of the roman à clef, using Caroline Lamb's Glenarvon (1816) as a case study. I challenge the conventional narrative of the rise of the …
If Marguerite Blessington (1788–1849)–the “most gorgeous lady” in Dr. Samuel Parr's words– is ever remembered today, it is mostly for her famous literary salon and for her …
This thesis is a study of the writing life of Ellen Wood (1816-1887), the popular Victorian writer best known for her 1861 bestseller, East Lynne. Through its focus on Wood's …
RM McAdams - Nineteenth-Century Contexts, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
As a young girl living on St. Helena in 1815, Betsy Balcombe met Napoleon Bonaparte. When she learned of the recently defeated emperor's imminent arrival, Betsy feared “a huge …
This series presents original biographical, critical, and scholarly studies of literary works and public figures in Great Britain, North America, and continental Europe during the nineteenth …
This thesis examines the continuing growth of the House of Murray during the 1820s-1840s. Prior to the 1820s, Murray had enjoyed massive success with the publications of the work of …