The publisher Robinson
initially encouraged EI
to write her memoirs. She worked at them for years in old age, sending them to friends and publishers for comment. Publishers proved difficult: they feared scandal, yet were...
Timeline
1810: Alexander Chalmers published an influential...
Writing climate item
1810
Alexander Chalmers
published an influential anthology, Works of the British Poets, in 21 volumes.
1825: Alexander Dyce, then a twenty-seven-year-old...
Women writers item
1825
Alexander Dyce
, then a twenty-seven-year-old reluctant clergyman, published his Specimens of British Poetesses, a project in rediscovering women's literary history.
