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The English Novel 1770-1829: Volume II, 1800-1829

By (author) Peter Garside, By (author) James Raven, By (author) Rainer SchÃ¶werling

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This historical bibliography provides a foundation for the literary history of the late 18th century and the Romantic age. Offering an assessment of the work of all novelists of the period, the two volumes address problems faced by generations of literary scholars and historians concerned with the development of the English novel. records full details of all known prose novels in English first published in the British Isles in the final three decades of the 18th century. They include many new discoveries, attributions to a range of novelists and the first English translations of much Continental popular fiction. The bibliography establishes publication details for many novels now apparently without any extant copies This first volume A leading feature of the bibliography is its examination of a copy of every identified surviving novel. Research by James Raven, Antonia Forster, and many other international collaborators, has allowed a reconstruction of the full cast of British novelists of the period, their publishers and reviewers.