April London
Biographic Data
| ID | 4247700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | April London |
| GIVEN NAMES | April |
| FAMILY NAME | London |
| SIGNATURE | LONDON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Secret History and Anecdote
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The Cambridge Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel
In the eighteenth century, the novel became established as a popular literary form all over Europe. Britain proved an especially fertile ground, with Defoe, Fielding, Richardson and Burney as early exponents of the novel form. The Cambridge Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel considers the development of the genre in its formative period in Britain. Rather than present its history as a linear progression, April London gives an original n…
Literary History Writing, 1770–1820
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 no
Literary History Writing, 1770-1820
Writing Lives
Comparison of Johnson’s brief history of literary criticism in the Life of Addison , Robert Bisset’s revisiting of the subject in his 1799 edition of The Spectator , and Anna Laetitia Barbauld’s in her prefatorial essay to the 1804 Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder reveals both the tenacity of Johnsonian principles and the attempts of his successors to differentiate their work from his by emphasizing historiographic …
Isaac D'Israeli and Literary History
Isaac D'Israeli's contributions to the formation of literary history in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries remain unexplored, his voluminous writings mined for apt quotations rather than considered as significant in their own right. This article argues that his questioning of genre hierarchies and period distinctions grew out of an attempt to correct what he saw as the limitations of contemporary historiographic and literary criti…
Isaac D'Israeli and Literary History
Isaac D'Israeli's contributions to the formation of literary history in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries remain unexplored, his voluminous writings mined for apt quotations rather than considered as significant in their own right. This article argues that his questioning of genre hierarchies and period distinctions grew out of an attempt to correct what he saw as the limitations of contemporary historiographic and literary criti…
Isaac D'Israeli and Literary History
Isaac D'Israeli's contributions to the formation of literary history in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries remain unexplored, his voluminous writings mined for apt quotations rather than considered as significant in their own right. This article argues that his questioning of genre hierarchies and period distinctions grew out of an attempt to correct what he saw as the limitations of contemporary historiographic and literary criti…
Literary History Writing, 1770–1820
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 no
Literary History Writing, 1770-1820
Writing Lives
Comparison of Johnson’s brief history of literary criticism in the Life of Addison , Robert Bisset’s revisiting of the subject in his 1799 edition of The Spectator , and Anna Laetitia Barbauld’s in her prefatorial essay to the 1804 Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder reveals both the tenacity of Johnsonian principles and the attempts of his successors to differentiate their work from his by emphasizing historiographic …
The Cambridge Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel
In the eighteenth century, the novel became established as a popular literary form all over Europe. Britain proved an especially fertile ground, with Defoe, Fielding, Richardson and Burney as early exponents of the novel form. The Cambridge Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel considers the development of the genre in its formative period in Britain. Rather than present its history as a linear progression, April London gives an original n…
Secret History and Anecdote
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
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