The Pickering Masters
The Novels of Daniel Defoe, Part II
1st Edition
By P N Furbank
October 01, 2008
Brings together three parts of "Robinson Crusoe" and examines their relationship. This work contains editorial material that includes a substantial introduction to each novel, explanatory endnotes, textual notes, and a consolidated index....
The Journals of Thomas Babington Macaulay
1st Edition
By William Thomas
July 01, 2008
Presents the candid diary of Thomas Macaulay, Victorian statesman, historian and author of "The History of England". This work shows how, spanning the period 1838 to 1859, the journal is the longest work from Macaulay's pen. It states that these unique manuscripts held at Trinity College, Cambridge...
The Collected Letters of Rosina Bulwer Lytton
1st Edition
By Marie Mulvey-Roberts
January 01, 2008
In 1858, Rosina Bulwer Lytton was incarcerated in a lunatic asylum by her husband, the eminent Victorian politician and novelist, Edward Bulwer Lytton. After the disintegration of their marriage, Rosina wrote letters to prominent figures in which she revealed details about Edward's mistresses and ...
The Correspondence of Dr William Hunter
1st Edition
By Helen Brock
January 01, 2008
Born in Scotland, Dr William Hunter (1718-83) pursued an extensive medical education in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and Paris. He settled in London where he made his name as an anatomist and obstetrician before being elected to the Royal Society in 1767. This book presents all of his known ...
The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald
1st Edition
By Ben P Robertson
November 01, 2007
An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the ...
The Scientific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820
1st Edition
By Neil Chambers
April 25, 2007
A record of fifty years of intellectual and technological activity. This record provides an insight into the development of science and discovery from the Eighteenth to the early Nineteenth Century. It links British science and society to developments on the continent of Europe, the West Indies, ...
The Collected Letters of Harriet Martineau
1st Edition
By Deborah Logan
March 01, 2007
This five-volume set brings together the surviving letters penned by Harriet Martineau, the nineteenth-century writer and women’s rights advocate. Throughout her fifty-year career, Harriet Martineau's prolific literary output was matched only by her exchanges with a range of high-profile British, ...
The Novels of Daniel Defoe, Part I
1st Edition
By P N Furbank
January 15, 2007
Daniel Defoe is known as the father of the English novel. This is the modern critical edition of Defoe's novels. It brings together all three parts of "Robinson Crusoe" and examines their relationship. The editorial material includes an introduction to each novel, explanatory endnotes, textual ...
The Collected Short Stories of George Moore: Gender and Genre
1st Edition
By Ann Heilmann
January 01, 2007
George Moore (1852-1933) was one of the most influential and versatile writers and journalists of the turn of the century. This five-volume, reset critical edition addresses scholarly interest in Moore, making available his generally neglected short story collections....
The Novels and Selected Plays of Thomas Holcroft
1st Edition
By Arnold A Markley
January 01, 2007
Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809) was a key figure in the radical movement of the 1790s. This work is intended for scholars wanting to understand Britain and its literature in the 1790s....
The Works of Charlotte Smith, Part III
1st Edition
By Stuart Curran
January 01, 2007
Includes the works of Charlotte Smith, revealing a writer who wrote well in many genres, and, in whatever form she undertook, was innovative with the forms she inherited and strongly influential on those who followed her....
Religious and Didactic Writings of Daniel Defoe, Part II
1st Edition
By P N Furbank
November 01, 2006
Defoe's era saw much popular interest in the instructional handbook and behaviour manual. Bringing together a collection of Daniel Defoe's most important and influential instructional treatises, this work serves as an addition to the "Works of Daniel Defoe" from the "Pickering Masters" series....