Anna Barbauld, The British Novelists

Mary Waters (Wichita State University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1810

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Biography (literary)
- Commentary / Criticism (literary)

Resources

In 1810, the London bookselling firm of F. C. and J. Rivington and their associates brought out a handsomely bound and pricey fifty volume collection of twenty-five novels spanning the previous century of British literature. Entitled The British Novelists, the publication constituted a landmark in the history of the British novel. No collection that professed to offer complete texts of a definitive set of exclusively British novels had as yet made its way to the public. A few ostensibly authoritative collections of poetry had been published, most notably Samuel Johnson’s Works of the English Poets (1779-81). International anthologies and selections of abridged British novels had appeared, as had complete works of a …

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Citation: Waters, Mary. "The British Novelists". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 January 2007 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1376, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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