The Pickering Masters
The Complete Shorter Poetry of George Eliot
1st Edition
By Antonie Gerard van den Broek
February 24, 2025
Presents George Eliot's shorter poetry. This volume includes an introduction, which discusses Eliot's interest in poetry verse and its relation to her prose and prose fiction; her recurring themes and motifs; the poetry's critical reception and its value to modern readers....
Selected Letters of Vernon Lee, 1856–1935: 1890-1896
1st Edition
By Sophie Geoffroy, Amanda Gagel
December 22, 2023
Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget – a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction and her radical polemics. She was an active correspondent who included many well-known figures among her circle. This scholarly edition of her letters makes a selection from more than 30 archives...
The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry: Volume VII
1st Edition
By Katharine Cockin
December 19, 2023
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....
Selected Letters of Vernon Lee, 1856–1935: Volume II - 1885-1889
1st Edition
Edited
By Sophie Geoffroy, Amanda Gagel
September 17, 2020
Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget (1856–1935) – a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction and her radical polemics. She was also an active letter writer whose correspondents include many well-known figures in fin de siècle intellectual circles across Europe. However, until...
The Spanish Gypsy by George Eliot
1st Edition
By Antonie Gerard van den Broek
December 19, 2019
In 1864, George Eliot began writing her longest poem, "The Spanish Gypsy". This project exhausted her, and her partner took the manuscript away from her for fear it was making her ill. This work explains what Eliot read to research the poem, which parts caused her particular problems and summarises...
Christianity Not as Old as the Creation: The Last of Defoe's Performances
1st Edition
By G A Starr
December 12, 2019
This critical edition is the first such version of Christianity Not as Old as the Creation and the first time it has been reprinted. Starr’s attribution is not only a significant contribution to Defoe scholarship, but in making it he provides an excellent ‘how to’ guide for scholars wishing to add ...
Robert Boyle: By Himself and His Friends: With a Fragment of William Wotton's 'Lost Life of Boyle'
1st Edition
By Michael Hunter
December 12, 2019
The image of Robert Boyle owes much to a series of evaluations of him written shortly after his death by men who had known him well, such as John Evelyn, Gilbert Burnet and Sir Peter Pett. This book includes a selection of these previously unpublished texts....
The Letters of Francis Jeffrey to Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
1st Edition
By William Christie
December 12, 2019
Contains letters from Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866). The letters in this title present a personal and intellectual narrative of nineteenth-century Britain....
The Manuscripts of Adam Ferguson
1st Edition
By Robin C Dix
December 12, 2019
This volume contains a newly-edited cache of over 30 manuscript essays on a diverse range of topics and descriptions....
The Plays of William Godwin
1st Edition
By David O'Shaughnessy
December 12, 2019
Best known for "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice" (1793) and "Caleb Williams" (1794), William Godwin (1756-1836) is one of the most important figures of the Romantic period. This book offers academics the chance to build a complete picture of Godwin as a writer and political figure....
The Selected Letters of Caroline Norton: Volume I
1st Edition
Edited
By Ross Nelson, Marie Mulvey-Roberts
November 12, 2019
This is the first volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period July 1828-Deember 1837. The collection also includes an introduction and five commentaries by the editor, contextualising and embedding Caroline’s literary and ...