Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Minerva Press, 1790 - 1821
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Barbara Hofland | The Minerva Press
published, with an engraved frontispiece and a title-page saying 1812, BH
's one-volume novel The History of a Clergyman's Widow and her Young Family. Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press, 1992. 59 |
| Publishing | Elizabeth Meeke | Ducray-Duménil's novel was Jules; ou, Le toit paternel, Paris, 1806, and Cottin's much shorter tale was Elisabeth; ou, Les exilés de Sibérie, published on its own the same year. The Cottin tale (said... |
| Publishing | Mary Martha Sherwood | Margarita: A Novel by Mary Martha Butts (later MMS
) and published by the Minerva Press
, under the name the Author of The Traditions, was advertised as ready for sale. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols. 1: 801 |
| Publishing | Isabella Kelly | Its title-page mentioned its dedication (with permission) to the Duchess of York
. This dedication voices IK
's hopes of extricating her husband from distress as well as supporting her children. Its subscription list was... |
| 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 | Amelia Beauclerc | For some reason the publisher, the Minerva Press
, confused Eva of Cambria (whose title-page said 1811) with another novel of that year by Emma Parker
. The press placed on Eva of Cambria's... |
| Publishing | Medora Gordon Byron | A second edition was advertised (together with its sequel, The Englishman), in Mrs E. M. Foster
's Substance and Shadow, Minerva
1812. |
| Publishing | Isabella Kelly | The second edition was published with Minerva
. In her self-depreciating preface to this four-volume novel, IK
coyly mentions an unnamed patron. This was in fact Matthew Gregory Lewis
, who read her work and... |
| 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 |
| Publishing | Henrietta Rouviere Mosse | HRM
issued in her birth name and by (mostly Irish) subscription through the Minerva Press
a novel she had been trying to publish for some years: A Peep at our Ancestors. An Historical Romance... |
| Publishing | Isabella Kelly | She signed her dedication to Charlotte Princess of WalesIsabella Hedgeland, and dated it 1 September. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols. |
| Publishing | Henrietta Rouviere Mosse | The Minerva Press
advertised HRM
's new novel, Arrivals from India, or Time's a Great Master, with her married name and mention of previous works, and with highly selective quotes from the Critical Review... |
| Publishing | Susanna Haswell Rowson | Within a few months of her great success, SHR
published by subscription with the Minerva PressMentoria; or, The Young Lady's Friend, a collection of didactic letters and tales aimed at female non-novel-readers. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols. 1: 545 |
| Publishing | Barbara Hofland | It seems to have been published before The Son of a Genius, which mentions this novel on its title-page. Among several later editions, one from Minerva
in 1829 is entitled The Daughter-in-Law, her Father... |
| 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... |
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