Women Novelists Before Jane Austen: The Critics and Their Canons PDF
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Women Novelists Before Jane Austen: The Critics and Their Canons This page intentionally left blank BRIAN CORMAN Women Novelists Before Jane Austen: The Critics and Their Canons UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London ©University of Toronto Press Incorporated 2008 Toronto Buffalo London www.utppublishing.com Printed in Canada ISBN 978-0-8020-9770-5 Printed on acid-free paper Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication CoJramjdaenl,s kBari,a Enl,s p19e4th5– Women novelists before Jane Austen: the critics and their canons / Brian Corman. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8020-9770-5 1. Women novelists, English – History. 2. English fiction – Women authors – History and criticism. 3. English fiction – 18th century – History and criticism. 4. Criticism – Great Britain – History. 5. Women and literature – Great Britain – History. I. Title. PR448.W65C67 2008 823'.5099287 C2007-907472-3 University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support for its publishing activities of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP). For Linda and Sarah This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1 The Eighteenth Century 9 2 1800–1840 29 3 1840–1880 55 4 1880–1920 109 5 1920–1957 175 Conclusion 251 Appendix: Novels Cited 255 Notes 263 Bibliography 267 Index 287 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments I have had the benefit of considerable advice, help, and support from friends, colleagues, and students in preparing this study. I would like to take this opportunity to record my thanks to: John Baird, Joseph Bartolomeo, Alan Bewell, Thomas Bonnell, Patricia Brückmann, Gillian Fenwick, Jocelyn Harris, Heather Jackson, Elizabeth Kraft, Jill Matus, and Laura Runge; my research assistants: Darryl Domingo, Anne Lyden, Lenore Morra, Margaret Reeves, and Rebecca Tierney- Hynes; the students in my Research Opportunities group: Alexandra Bolintineanu, Sarah Neville, and Katherine Rentschler; my editor and copy-editor at the University of Toronto Press: Jill McConkey and Allyson May. I am also grateful for the generous support of the Depart- ment of English and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Toronto.
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