"Let me make the novels of a country": Barbauld's 'The British Novelists' (1810/1820)

Article Abstract:

Anna Barbauld's 50-volume set 'The British Novelists,' published in 1810, included works with diverse political and aesthetic approaches, including books by women. Walter Scott, whose 1821 literary history would come to dominate scholarship, tended to ignore the work of political dissenters and of women authors.

History, Canon (Literature)

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What is a romantic novel?

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Romantic novels depended on encoding how 19th-century Europe experienced cultural transformation. The most appropriate view of romantic novels is as philosophical romances that exposed ideological apparatus, demonstrating how Romanticism had been institutionalized.

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Novels and systems

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The essential relationship between Romanticism and novels is that of a system. This is best demonstrated by William Godwin's 'Caleb Williams,' whose central character articulates the overlap between romantic fictions and political economic systems.

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