Mayo, Robert. The English Novel in the Magazines, 1740-1815. Northwestern University Press.
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Minerva Press, 1790 - 1821
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| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Catherine Cuthbertson | It came out in four volumes from Robinson
, but many copies were burned in a warehouse fire. After this The Lady's Magazine reprinted it as a serial beginning in February 1804. |
| Textual Production | Selina Davenport | With her second book, The Hypocrite; or, The Modern Janus. A Novel (five volumes in length) SD
became a Minerva Press
author. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 2: 395 |
| Textual Production | Selina Davenport | SD
issued Donald Monteith, The Handsomest Man of the Age, another five-volume novel, with her name and mention of earlier publications. A year before this Amelia Beauclerc
had published, also with the Minerva Press |
| Textual Production | Selina Davenport | SD
published through the Minerva PressPreference. A Novel, in the short format (for her) of only two volumes. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 2: 574 |
| Author summary | Selina Davenport | Although or because she was harrassed by poverty, SD
published, between 1813 and 1834, eleven novels (mostly with the Minerva Press
) which the Feminist Companion calls effective if stereotyped, Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. |
| Textual Production | Eliza Fenwick | As Lissa Paul has pointed out, she wrote not long after the appearance in earlier 1794 of the Second Report from the Committee of Secrecy, a progress report on government snooping into private affairs... |
| Publishing | Mrs E. M. Foster | The initials E.M.F. first appeared on a title-page with the earlier of two historical novels attributed to MEMF
: The Duke of Clarence: An Historical Novel. It was advertised in October 1794, reviewed by... |
| Textual Production | Mrs E. M. Foster | Four novels attributed to MEMF
were published by Minerva Press
in this year, though it's not clear in what order they appeared: Emily of Lucerne, Frederic and Caroline, or the Fitzmorris Family, Miriam... |
| Textual Production | Mrs E. M. Foster | The first novel attributed to Foster (as E.M.F.) was published in 1795 with the Minerva Press
, which also published (or republished) seven other novels linked to her between 1798 and 1801. The attribution... |
| Publishing | Mrs E. M. Foster | |
| Textual Features | Mrs E. M. Foster | This book differs from Foster's first two novels, in that it is shorter (two volumes instead of three or four), not historical but rather a sentimental novel about courtship, and originally published by Minerva
as... |
| Textual Features | Mrs E. M. Foster | Judith, the remaining MEMF
novel of 1800, is attributed to the author of Rebecca, Miriam, and Fitzmorris &c. There was German translation in 1802. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 2: 115 |
| Textual Production | Phebe Gibbes | PG
seems not to have claimed Jemima. A Novel, which was advertised by William Lane
of the Minerva Press
in March 1795 as by the Author of Zoraida. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 641 The near illegibility... |
| Publishing | Elizabeth Sarah Gooch | The author signed her preface as Eliz. Sarah Villa-Real Gooch. A German translation appeared the following year. The Minerva Press
seems to have bought this work from Cawthorn
, since an advertisement for it... |
| Publishing | Elizabeth Sarah Gooch | She may have used two successive publishers. The Critical Review said the publisher was William Lane
of the Minerva Press
, but the bibliographer Peter Garside
and his associates record a copy published by S. Highley |
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