Louisa Stuart Costello
A Nineteenth-Century Writing Life
Published on 17. June 2015
Book
Hardback
XI, 254 pages
978-1-137-34011-5 (ISBN)
Description
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, and artist. Here, Broom Saunders provides a wealth of extracts from her diverse writings, a rich source of information about the pioneering career of a professional woman writer, and insight into a nineteenth-century writing life.
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Series
Edition
2015 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XI, 254 p.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-34011-5 (9781137340115)
DOI
10.1057/9781137340122
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
01/2016
1st Edition
Palgrave MacMillan
€53.49
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Person
Clare Broome Saunders teaches is a Research Fellow in English at the University of Oxford, UK. She has published widely on nineteenth-century poetry, uses of history, and women travel writers in Europe, including Women Writers and Nineteenth-Century Medievalism and Women, Travel Writing, and Truth.
Content
Introduction 1. Louisa Stuart Costello: Life 2. Louisa Stuart Costello: Translations and Medievalism 3. Louisa Stuart Costello: Arthuranian Legend 4. Louisa Stuart Costello: Journalism 5. Louisa Stuart Costello: Poetry 6. Louisa Stuart Costello: Travel Writing 7. Louisa Stuart Costello: History and Historical Biography 8. Louisa Stuart Costello: Novels