Böcker i Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts-serien

The first scholarly edition of forgotten late Victorian classic of rural life and sensation fiction.

This new critical edition situates 'After London' in a tradition of mid-late Victorian texts that respond to the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace and responds to a host of other key social, political, and cultural issues of the period.

First scholarly edition of a bestselling historical novelPublished in 1803, Thaddeus of Warsaw is a beguiling romance that also exposes the hardships faced by migrants in Britain two hundred years ago. Jane Porter tells the story of a dashing Polish refugee, Thaddeus Sobieski, who must escape hostilities in his homeland. In London he faces poverty and prejudice, but his courage and goodness bring him to the attention of a circle of women who, in a surprising role reversal, either aid or woo him. He must also solve the mystery of his birth by discovering and confronting the British father who abandoned him.A carefully contextualised introduction to the novel and its author situates the work in the genealogy of the historical novel, examining its literary and cultural influence. Supporting materials include contemporary reviews, poems on Poland and correspondence regarding the novel's early success.Thomas McLean is Associate Professor of English at the University of Otago.Ruth Knezevich is Lecturer in English at Hamline University in St. Paul.

This pioneering edition provides access to some of the most popular plays of the nineteenth century.

This pioneering edition provides access to some of the most popular plays of the nineteenth century.

This book brings together previously uncollected essays on the changing conditions of agriculture and rural life in the 1870s and 1880s.

The first scholarly edition of forgotten late Victorian classic of rural life and sensation fiction.

Marie Corelli's 'A Romance of Two Worlds' is regarded as one of the most culturally important Victorian bestsellers. This critical edition offers instructive access to this multifaceted but still largely underappreciated novel.

First scholarly edition of a bestselling historical novelExplores the socio-political themes of the novel and deemed as relevant today as they were over 200 years agoSituates work in the genealogy of the historical novel and examines its literary and cultural influenceScholarly annotations clarify the historical context: the French Revolution, the related war in Poland, and Britain's response to Polish refugees in the 1790sPublished in 1803, Thaddeus of Warsaw is a beguiling romance that also exposes the hardships faced by migrants in Britain two hundred years ago. Jane Porter tells the story of a dashing Polish refugee, Thaddeus Sobieski, who must escape hostilities in his homeland. In London he faces poverty and prejudice, but his courage and goodness bring him to the attention of a circle of women who, in a surprising role reversal, either aid or woo him. He must also solve the mystery of his birth by discovering and confronting the British father who abandoned him.A carefully contextualised introduction to the novel and its author situates the work in the genealogy of the historical novel, examining its literary and cultural influence. Supporting materials include contemporary reviews, poems on Poland and correspondence regarding the novel's early success.

Presents the first extended collection of new William Morris essays in several decades William Morris's socialist essays remain uncannily relevant for our time, as he addresses issues of inequality, precarity, and the need for pleasure and creative fulfilment in work and life. This scholarly edition traces Morris's opinions from his early insistence that all must have access to art in its broadest sense, through his years as a leader and theorist of the nascent British socialist movement. Finally, as Morris became the elder statesman of the socialist/labour cause, these writings demonstrate his efforts to reconcile competing factions in the service of common aims. Gathered from manuscripts, newspapers and elsewhere, these hitherto less-available writings illuminate Morris's skill and tact in appealing to differing audiences in the interests of an egalitarian red-green creative future. Florence S. Boos is Professor of English at the University of Iowa and the founder and general editor of the William Morris Archive.

[Headline]A new scholarly edition of a bold yet overlooked Victorian text that blends the genres of memoir, travelogue, ethnography and the realist novel This critical edition of George Borrow's Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest (1851) brings a renewed focus to a formally inventive and original text for scholars of the nineteenth-century autobiographical novel and travelogue. This scholarly work reflects and develops research that anchors Borrow's energetically eccentric vision in a range of notable contexts. Radford's introduction gives readers unfamiliar with the formidably prolific Borrow an opportunity to discover more about this author's career at home and abroad, his stylistic innovations and how Lavengro evokes a 'wild England' that became crucial for admirers in the next century such as D. H. Lawrence, Ford Madox Ford and Virginia Woolf. [Bio]Andrew Radford is Senior Lecturer in Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow. His publications include British Experimental Women's Fiction, 1945-1975 (co-edited with Hannah Van Hove, 2021) and The Occult Imagination in Britain 1875-1947 (co-edited with Christine Ferguson, 2018).