Description
An important, pioneering work, this book clears many hurdles with one jump, propelling a previously neglected author firmly into her appropriate place in the canon. Backscheider reveals Rowe's importance as an indispensable voice in literary history and models sophisticated interpretive strategies for the future. A vast achievement. -- Toni Bowers, University of Pennsylvania
About the Author
Paula R. Backscheider is the Philpott-Stevens Eminent Scholar at Auburn University. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre; Daniel Defoe: His Life; and Revising Women: Eighteenth-Century "Women's Fiction" and Social Engagement, all published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews
It seems certain, given Backscheider's impressive track record as a revisionary influence upon eighteenth-century studies, that this generous book, abounding in perceptions waiting to be gleshed out, will energize a round of 'next-generation' research into Rowe and her legacy. -- Kathryn R. King Review of English Studies Both original and provocative, Paula Backscheider's new book is also deeply learned and comprehensive in its scholarship... -- John Richetti Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature Paula R. Backsheider's latest book seeks to establish, with impressive detail and energy, the centrality of the fiction of Elizabeth Singer Rowe to the development of the English novel. -- Gillian Skinner Modern Literary Review
Awards
Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2013 (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781421408422
Author Paula R. Backscheider
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 26mm