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 Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 11 Commonly Used Abbreviations......Page 13 Introduction......Page 14 1 Family, Nation, and the Radical Education of Anna Barbauld and John Aikin......Page 33 2 Coleridge, Manuscript Culture, and the Family Romance......Page 58 3 Working Families and the Children’s Book Trade......Page 83 4 The Shelleys, the Wordsworths, and the Family Tour......Page 121 5 Literary Remains, Family Editors, and Romantic Genius......Page 156 Epilogue......Page 178 Notes......Page 185 Works Cited......Page 209 A......Page 222 B......Page 223 C......Page 224 D......Page 225 F......Page 226 G......Page 227 M......Page 228 P......Page 229 S......Page 230 T......Page 231 W......Page 232 Z......Page 233 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