The Pickering Masters
The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry, Volume 5
1st Edition
By Katharine Cockin
April 01, 2014
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....
Continuations to Sidney's Arcadia, 1607–1867
1st Edition
By Ann Lange
February 01, 2014
Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia has held a significant place in literary imagination since its inception over 430 years ago. Our four-volume set presents five re-imaginings of the text, as well as two short supplements that attempt to bridge the gap between Sidney’s original and revised versions of the...
The Collected Works of Ann Yearsley
1st Edition
By Bridget Keegan
January 01, 2014
Presents the works of Ann Yearsley, a laboring-class poet' whose writing forms part of an under-represented area of romanticism. This work includes her play "Earl Goodwin" and novel "The Royal Captives"....
The Letters of Sarah Scott
1st Edition
By Nicole Pohl
December 01, 2013
Sarah Robinson Scott was a writer, translator and social reformer. While Scott’s legacy presents her as a committed Anglican philanthropist, the letters she wrote reveal her to have been a witty, even savage, commentator on eighteenth-century life.This is the first edition of Scott’s letters to be ...
The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 7
1st Edition
By Neil Chambers
November 01, 2013
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 Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 6
1st Edition
By Neil Chambers
July 01, 2013
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 Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, Part III: Novellas and Shorter Fiction, Essays on Life-Writing and History, Essays on European Literature and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Josie Billington, Muireann O’Cinneide, Valerie Sanders, Joanne Shattock, Joanne Wilkes, Merryn Williams
June 01, 2013
Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years. She wrote some 98 novels, fifty or more short stories, twenty-five works of non-fiction, including biographies and historic guides to European cities, and more than three hundred periodical articles. This is...
The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry, Volume 4
1st Edition
By Katharine Cockin
March 01, 2013
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 Unpublished Letters of Thomas Moore
1st Edition
By Jeffery W Vail
February 01, 2013
Thomas Moore was one of the most prominent authors of the early 19th century. This collection presents over 600 previously unpublished letters from numerous libraries, archives and other sources worldwide. Vail's extensively-annotated edition will make available a treasure trove of material which ...
The Unpublished Letters of Henry St John, First Viscount Bolingbroke
1st Edition
By Adrian Lashmore-Davies
January 01, 2013
Henry St John, First Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751) enjoyed varied political and literary careers. This five-volume edition draws together his letters. It includes a general introduction, headnotes, biographical index and a consolidated index. It is suitable for historians and literary scholars ...
Robert Southey: Later Poetical Works, 1811–1838
1st Edition
By Daniel E White
October 01, 2012
Central to any reappraisal of Southey’s mid to late career, is 'Roderick'. This best-selling epic romance has not been republished since 1838 and is contextualised here within Southey’s wider oeuvre. The four-volume edition also benefits from a general introduction, volume introductions, textual ...
Selected Letters of Siegfried Sassoon and Edmund Blunden, 1919–1967
1st Edition
By Carol Z Rothkopf
September 01, 2012
Of the 16 WWI poets memorialized in Westminster Abbey, two were destined to become lifelong friends. Although both served on the Western Front, it was not until 1919 that Siegfried Sassoon received his first letter from Edmund Blunden. This collection of Sassoon and Blunden’s correspondence ...