Literary History Writing, 1770-1820 [electronic resource] /
London, April.author.
This investigation of literary history writing between 1770 and 1820 identifies the mode's distinction from canon formation as central to its cultural vitality. Using secret history, memoir and the novel, amongst other sources, it invites a re-thinking of literary history's place in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century print culture.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and index.
Section 1. Writing and rewriting lives -- Section 2. Literary history and books -- Section 3. Isaac D'Israeli and literary history -- Section 4. The genres of literary history.
This investigation of literary history writing between 1770 and 1820 identifies the mode's distinction from canon formation as central to its cultural vitality. Using secret history, memoir and the novel, amongst other sources, it invites a re-thinking of literary history's place in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century print culture.
Literature, Modern.
Literature-History and criticism.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
British literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Literary History.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
British and Irish Literature.