Louisa Stuart Costello : A Nineteenth-Century Writing Life / by Clare Broome Saunders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connell, Michelle.

Series:

Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British literature.

Poetry.

Literature, Modern-19th century.

Fiction.

Literature-History and criticism.

Sociology.

British and Irish Literature.

Poetry and Poetics.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Literary History.

Gender Studies.

Local Subjects:

British and Irish Literature.

Poetry and Poetics.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Fiction.

Literary History.

Gender Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, and artist. Here, Broom Saunders provides a wealth of extracts from her diverse writings, a rich source of information about the pioneering career of a professional woman writer, and insight into a nineteenth-century writing life.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Louisa Stuart Costello's Life; Chapter 2 Louisa Stuart Costello's Translations and Medievalism; Chapter 3 Louisa Stuart Costello and Arthurian Legend; Chapter 4 Louisa Stuart Costello and Nineteenth-Century Journalism; Chapter 5 Louisa Stuart Costello and Poetry; Chapter 6 Louisa Stuart Costello and Travel Writing; Chapter 7 Louisa Stuart Costello, History, and Historical Biography; Chapter 8 Louisa Stuart Costello and Novels; Conclusion Obituary of Louisa Stuart Costello by W. H. Wills

NotesBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349674084

1349674087