Soon after returning from their European travels, AR
and her husband went to a literary dinner given by her publisher George Robinson
to celebrate the success of The Mysteries of Udolpho. Elizabeth Inchbald
was...
Publishing
Charlotte Smith
Her former publisher, the firm of Cadell
, was just passing to a new generation. Both Thomas Cadells
, father and son
, and William Davies (partner of the latter) found Desmond too revolutionary: it...
Publishing
Mary Hays
The Analytical assignment was useful in bringing her into contact with Joseph Johnson
(as her Monthly reviewing had made her acquainted with Richard Phillips
and her Critical work had made her acquainted with George Robinson
Timeline
January 1756: The Critical Review, or Annals of Literature,...
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January 1756
The Critical Review, or Annals of Literature, a monthly, began publishing under the editorship of Tobias Smollett
, ostensibly by a Society of Gentlemen.
Mahon, Penny. “In Sermon and Story: contrasting anti-war rhetoric in the work of Anna Barbauld and Amelia Opie”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
7
, No. 1, 2000, pp. 23-38.
35 n8
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1763: George Robinson founded his publishing firm...
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1763
George Robinson
founded his publishing firm in Paternoster Row, London; it became G., G. J., and J. Robinson
in 1784 when his son and brother joined as partners.
Waldron, Mary. “A Different Kind of Patronage: Ann Yearsley’s Later Friends”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.