The Pickering Masters
The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 3
1st Edition
By Neil Chambers
July 01, 2010
Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval ...
The Works of Mary Robinson, Part II
1st Edition
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 ...
The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry, Volume 1
1st Edition
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....
The Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1st Edition
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 ...
The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 2
1st Edition
By Neil Chambers
November 01, 2009
Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval ...
The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I
1st Edition
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 ...
The Unpublished Writings of Edith Wharton
1st Edition
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, ...
The Works of Lady Caroline Lamb
1st Edition
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...
The Social Problem Novels of Frances Trollope
1st Edition
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....
Selected Political Writings of John Thelwall
1st Edition
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 ...
The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 1
1st Edition
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....
The Works of Daniel Defoe
1st Edition
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....