Romantic literary families
By: Scott Krawczyk.
Series: Nineteenth-century major lives & letters
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780230604759
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Authorship -- Collaboration -- History -- 18th century; Authorship -- Collaboration -- History -- 19th century; Authors, English -- 18th century -- Family relationships; Authors, English -- 19th century -- Family relationships; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Description: The late eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of the literary family: a collaborative kinship network of family and friends that, by the end of the century, displayed characteristics of a nascent corporation. This book examines different models of collaboration within English literary families during the period 1760-1820. Beginning with the sibling model of Anna Barbauld and John Aikin, and concluding with the intergenerational model presented by the Godwins and the Shelleys, this study traces the conflict and cooperation that developed within and among literary families as they sought to leave their legacies on the English world of letters.--From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Collaborative dissent : Barbauld and Aikin's sibling pamphlets; title: "The Aikin School" : adopting an aesthetic; title: Walking "backwards and forwards" : the Wordsworths in 1802/1807; title: Incorporating the literary family; title: Generations : conflict, continuity, and the genius familae.