The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald (The Pickering Masters) - Hardcover

Robertson, Ben P

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851968687 ISBN 13: 9781851968688

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. This work includes her eleven surviving diaries, which record Inchbald's social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline.

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Review

'Robertson's scrupulous editing and annotation makes the diaries available just in time; the objects themselves are beginning to crumble and fade' Times Literary Supplement 'Robertson is to be praised for his paleographical expertise and for his well-judged editorial commentary...this edition is an essential resource not only for students of Inchbald and her associates, but for all those interested in the literary, theatrical, and cultural history of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain.' Keats-Shelley Journal 'Robertson's edition of Inchbald's diaries will be an invaluable tool for studying the theatre of this period.' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century

Synopsis

"The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821)" are rare and fragile documents which present a unique view of Romantic-era Britain. An energetic woman, Inchbald achieved fame as an actress, novelist, playwright and critic. Her career introduced her to a wide group of people and she counted William Godwin, Thomas Holcroft, Maria Edgeworth, Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble among her friends. Published here for the first time, her eleven surviving diaries are a fascinating vignette of everyday life in the theatrical and literary circles of eighteenth-century London. They record Inchbald's reading habits, social contacts and professional activities, itemize her day-to-day expenditure, and chart the development of current affairs such as the Napoleonic Wars and the trial of Queen Caroline. The diaries are fully transcribed, but a sense of the original documents is preserved through selected photographic reproductions, and descriptions of the physical notebooks. The editorial apparatus also contextualises the diaries and provides biographical details for Inchbald and the other figures she encountered.

Full editorial apparatus includes a substantial general introduction, a chronology of Inchbald's life, brief introductions to each diary, bibliographical guides to figures mentioned, and textual notes. There is a consolidated index in the final volume.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851968687
• ISBN 13: 9781851968688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1296