Family Authorship and Romantic Print Culture (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)

Annotation Family Authorship and Romantic Print Culture explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain. Through examination of the practices and texts of literary families, the book traces an alternative history of Romantic authorship, one that lies on the cusp between a vanishing manuscript culture and the dominance of print; that reflects a struggle in Romantic self-identity between communities of feeling and individual genius; and that grapples with an evolving tension between the private and public spheres Family Authorship And Romantic Print Culture Explores The Conjunction Of Authorship And Family Life As A Distinctive Cultural Formation Of The Romantic Period. Through Examination Of The Material Practices And Literary Texts Of Families Such As The Wordsworths, The Coleridges, The Godwins And The Shelleys, This Book Traces An Alternative History Of Romantic Authorship, One That Lies On The Cusp Between A Vanishing Manuscript Culture And The Dominance Of Print; That Reflects A Struggle In Romantic Self-identity Between Communities Of Feeling And Individual Genius; And That Grapples With An Evolving Tension Between The Private And Public Spheres. Surveying The Broad Range Of Generic Possibilities Available To Family Authors, From Poetry To Memoir, Travel Narrative To Children's Literature, With Careful Attention To The Ways In Which Their Writing Was Produced And Disseminated, Michelle Levy Offers One Of The Fullest Accounts Of How The Social History Of The Family Interacted With The Booming Print Marketplace Of The Romantic Era. Family, Nation, And The Radical Education Of Anna Barbauld And John Aikin -- Coleridge, Manuscript Culture, And The Family Romance -- Working Families And The Children's Book Trade -- The Shelleys, The Wordsworths, And The Family Tour -- Literary Remains, Family Editors, And Romantic Genius. Michelle Levy. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 196-208) And Index. Master And Use Copy. Digital Master Created According To Benchmark For Faithful Digital Reproductions Of Monographs And Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. Http://purl.oclc.org/dlf/benchrepro0212 Miaahdl Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-19 Family, Nation, and the Radical Education of Anna Barbauld and John Aikin....Pages 20-44 Coleridge, Manuscript Culture, and the Family Romance....Pages 45-69 Working Families and the Children’s Book Trade....Pages 70-107 The Shelleys, the Wordsworths, and the Family Tour....Pages 108-142 Literary Remains, Family Editors, and Romantic Genius....Pages 143-164 Epilogue....Pages 165-171 Back Matter....Pages 172-220 This book explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain. It traces an alternative history of Romantic authorship, one that lies on the cusp between a vanishing manuscript culture and the dominance of print, grappling with an evolving tension between the private and public spheres. "This book explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of the Romantic-era period."--Jacket