Garrick
declined to put this on stage at Drury Lane, citing a lack of dramatic spirit and interest.
Carlile, Susan. Charlotte Lennox. An Independent Mind. University of Toronto Press, 2018.
157
Published by Millar
, it has a properly modest dedication, written by Johnson, to Lord Charlemont
Material Conditions of Writing
Charlotte Lennox
Again Johnson supplied her with a dedication (to the future George III
; a sheet of George's notes on the plays is bound into his presentation copy, now in the British Library
). The work...
Textual Production
Frances Brooke
FB
's play, published by Millar
, bore her married name (Mrs Brooke) and included proposals for a translation of Il Pastor Fido (a scheme which did not come to fruition).
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
1 (1756): 276
She...
Textual Production
Sarah Scott
The publisher Andrew Millar
released the first, anonymous novel by Sarah Robinson (later SS
): The History of Cornelia.
Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, p. ix - xlv.
xliii
Textual Production
Sarah Scott
SS
published, through Millar
and as a Person of Quality, a volume of tales A Journey Through Every Stage of Life.
Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, p. ix - xlv.
xliv
Textual Production
Sarah Scott
SS
published through Millar
, as Henry Augustus Raymond, The History of Gustavus Erickson
, King of Sweden, first of three notable works of historical biography which were not known to readers as written by a woman.
Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, p. ix - xlv.
xliv
Textual Production
Sarah Scott
SS
changed her publisher back to MillarAndrew Millar
for The History of Sir George Ellison, a sequel to Millenium Hall.
Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, p. ix - xlv.
xliv
Textual Production
Charlotte Lennox
She had written most of it by November 1751. With Johnson
as mediator, she consulted Richardson
about revisions, denouement, optimum length (she reduced her plan from three volumes to two), and about her choice of...
Textual Production
Charlotte Lennox
The final volume came out on 22 February 1754.
Isles, Duncan. “The Lennox Collection”. Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol.
18
, No. 4, Oct. 1970, pp. 317-44.
326
Its full title was Shakespear Illustrated; or, The Novels and Histories, on which the Plays of Shakespear are founded, collected and translated from the original...
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Texts
Lennox, Charlotte. Philander. Andrew Millar, 1758.
Lennox, Charlotte. Shakespear Illustrated. Andrew Millar, 1754, 3 vols.
Lennox, Charlotte. The Female Quixote. Andrew Millar, 1752, 2 vols.
Brumoy, Pierre. The Greek Theatre of Father Brumoy. Translator Lennox, Charlotte, Andrew Millar, 1759, 3 vols.