Literary history writing, 1770-1820 / April London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

London, April.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--18th century--Historiography.

Literature, Modern.

Literature, Modern--19th century--Historiography.

Literature, Modern--18th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern--19th century--History and criticism.

Canon (Literature).

Historiography.

Physical Description:

ix, 225 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [U.K.] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

This investigation of literary history writing between 1770 and 1820 identifies the mode's distinction from canon formation as central to its cultural vitality. Using secret history, memoir and the novel, amongst other sources, it invites a re-thinking of literary history's place in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century print culture.

Contents:

Part I Writing and Rewriting Lives

Writing Lives

Rewriting Lives: Revolution, Reaction, and Apostasy

Part II Literary History and Books

Bibliomania and Antiquarianism

Literary History and Literary Specimens

Part III Isaac D'istaeli and Literary History

Apostasy and Exclusion

The Structures of Opinion

Part IV The Genres of Literary History

The 'whole mind of the nation'

Literary History, Periodicals, Lectures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230248137

0230248136

OCLC:

609541105