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The citizen / Ann Gomersall ; edited by Margaret S. Yoon.
Van Pelt Library PR4725.G45 C57 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gomersall, A.
- Series:
- Chawton House library series. Woman's novels ; no. 15.
- Chawton House library series. Women's novels
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epistolary fiction, English.
- England--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- England.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Epistolary fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 174 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pickering & Chatto, 2013.
- Summary:
- "Ann Gomersall's The Citizen (1790) is an epistolary novel involving a complex network of characters, all of whom serve as foils to Mr Bertills - the 'citizen' of the title. Gomersall came out of the merchant class in Leeds and her novels were popular at the time for defending this somewhat maligned group, as well as serving as adept social critiques of wider society. Little is known about Gomersall (1750-1835), but she began writing to raise funds for her merchant husband to re-enter business after he lost his money. Publishing under her own name, she was one of a small number of professional women writers of the Romantic period. Her late use of the epistolary form shows an indebtedness to the works of Samuel Richardson and Tobias Smollett, whilst her social criticism looks towards a more nineteenth-century tradition. This is the first modern critical edition of The Citizen."--Publisher's website.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxvii).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the A. H. Scouten Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781848931091
- 1848931093
- OCLC:
- 815728017
- Publisher Number:
- 99957553034
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