Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689
- 2 Partisans of virtue and religion, 1689–1702
- 3 Politics, gallantry, and ladies in the reign of Queen Anne, 1702–1714
- 4 Battle joined, 1715–1737
- 5 Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756
- 6 Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776
- 7 Romance and comedy, 1777–1789
- Notes
- Recommended modern editions
- Select bibliography
- Index
7 - Romance and comedy, 1777–1789
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Public women: the Restoration to the death of Aphra Behn, 1660–1689
- 2 Partisans of virtue and religion, 1689–1702
- 3 Politics, gallantry, and ladies in the reign of Queen Anne, 1702–1714
- 4 Battle joined, 1715–1737
- 5 Women as members of the literary family, 1737–1756
- 6 Bluestockings and sentimental writers, 1756–1776
- 7 Romance and comedy, 1777–1789
- Notes
- Recommended modern editions
- Select bibliography
- Index
Summary
TEXTS
1777 Clara Reeve. The Champion of Virtue. A Gothic Story (Colchester); 1778 as The Old English Baron (Colchester and London)
1777 [Hannah More]. Percy. A Tragedy (Covent Garden)
1778 [Lady Mary Walker]. Munster Village. A Novel. 2 volumes
1778 [Frances Burney]. Evelina, or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (3 volumes)
1779 Frances Burney. “The Witlings”
1779 Susannah Dobson. The Literary History of the Troubadours (trans.)
1779 Hannah Cowley. Who's the Dupe? A Farce (Drury Lane)
1780 Hannah Cowley. The Belle's Stratagem (Covent Garden)
1780 Sophia Lee. The Chapter of Accidents: A Comedy (Haymarket)
1782 Frances Brooke. Rosina. A Comic Opera in Two Acts (Covent Garden)
1782 Frances Burney. Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress. 5 volumes
1783 Hannah Cowley. A Bold Stroke for a Husband (Covent Garden)
1784 Anna Seward. Louisa. A Poetical Novel, in Four Epistles (Lichfield)
1784 Charlotte Smith. Elegiac Sonnets and Other Essays (Chichester and London); 5th edn., expanded, Elegiac Sonnets (1789)
1784 Elizabeth Inchbald. The Mogul Tale, or, the Descent of the Balloon (Haymarket)
1784 Susannah Dobson. Memoirs of Ancient Chivalry (trans.)
1785 Clara Reeve. The Progress of Romance, through Times, Countries, and Manners; with Remarks on the Good and Bad Effects of It, On Them Respectively, in the Course of Evening Conversations. 2 volumes, Colchester
1786 Hester Thrale Piozzi. Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the Last Twenty Years of His Life
1787 Elizabeth Inchbald. Such Things Are (Haymarket)
1788 Charlotte Smith. Emmeline: The Orphan of the Castle. 4 volumes
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- A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660–1789 , pp. 362 - 439Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006