Literary and Cultural Criticism from the Nineteenth Century


Book Description

This four volume collection of primary sources examines literary and cultural criticism over the long nineteenth century. The volumes explore the subjects of life-writing, including biography, autobiography, diaries, and letters, drama criticism, the periodical and newspaper press, and criticism written by women. This collection will be of great interest to students of literary history.




Literary and Cultural Criticism from the Nineteenth Century


Book Description

This collection of primary sources examines literary and cultural criticism over the long nineteenth century. Volume 2 of 4 explores the subject of drama criticism. This volume will be of great interest to students of literary history.




Literary and Cultural Criticism from the Nineteenth Century


Book Description

This collection of primary sources examines literary and cultural criticism over the long nineteenth century. Volume 3 of 4 explores the subject of Authorship, Journalism and the Nineteenth-Century Press. This volume will be of great interest to students of literary history.




Periodical Literature in Nineteenth-century America


Book Description

Covering the decades from the 1830s through the end of the century, as well as the eastern, southern, and western regions of the United States, these essays, by a diverse group of scholars, examine a variety of periodicals from the well-known Atlantic Monthly to small papers such as The National Era. They illustrate how literary analysis can be enriched by consideration of social history, publishing contexts, the literary marketplace, and the relationships between authors and editors.







Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review


Book Description

The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.







Charles Lamb, Elia and the London Magazine


Book Description

The inherent 'metropolitanism' of writing for a Romantic-era periodical is here explored through the Elia articles that Charles Lamb wrote for the London Magazine.