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William Jerdan was a pivotal figure in the history of English literature spanning the Georgian and Victorian eras. For thirty-four years he was the editor of the first weekly review of literature, the London Literary Gazette, where he wrote most of the journals critical reviews which made or marred literary success in this period of exceptional growth in book production and rise in readership. Jerdans convivial character and central place in English literary life caused him to be personally acquainted with almost all the creative and influential figures of his day. He was raised in the Scottish Borders where he met Robert Burns and Walter Scott. Later Byron, Wordsworth, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens and many other luminaries played a part in his life. At the time of the attack in the House of Commons he detained the assassin of one Prime Minister and was the intimate friend of another. Jerdan was a founder member of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Garrick Club, a maverick member of the Literary Fund, and an honorary Fraserian. This first biography of Jerdan discusses his own fiction and poetry, revealing several works not previously attributed to him. Many aspects of his colourful professional and private life are explored, including the scandalous relationship with his protegée, the famous poet LEL, for which he was lampooned in the satirical press. His conflicted life led him from the heights of literary and social celebrity through the Bankruptcy Court and into penury. His life at the centre of literary London mirrored the violent swings in the countrys political and financial affairs events which provide the background to Susan Matoffs extensive and revealing biography.

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"From his central position within the notoriously factional journalistic culture of the Regency and early-Victorian period, Jerdan became a highly visible arbiter of literary taste ... Matoff provides a balanced and broadly sympathetic interpretation of an intriguing figure... [and] valuable material for scholars of Landon [L.E.L.] This is a thoroughly researched academic biography ... a valuable repository of information for readers interested in the history of literary periodicals during the early Victorian period." --Richard Salmon, University of Leeds, Victorian Studies, Vol. 54 No. 3

"This important book will interest those concerned with publishing history in the first half of the nineteenth century ...Matoff has done an extraordinary amount of research to create a full sense of what it meant to be an editor of the leading weekly literary journal, [Literary Gazette, editor 1817-1850]. This book should be consulted by anyone interested in the contexts and consequences of English Romanticism. Matoff and Sussex Academic Press (for the courage to publish such a long book of 659 pages with 500 words per page) earn excellent marks here." --Professor Charles E. Robinson, University of Delaware, Keats-Shelly Journal, Vol. LXI

From his central position within the notoriously factional journalistic culture of the Regency and early-Victorian period, Jerdan became a highly visible arbiter of literary taste Matoff provides a balanced and broadly sympathetic interpretation of an intriguing figure [and] valuable material for scholars of Landon [L.E.L.] This is a thoroughly researched academic biography a valuable repository of information for readers interested in the history of literary periodicals during the early Victorian period. Richard Salmon, University of Leeds, Victorian Studies, Vol. 54 No. 3"

This important book will interest those concerned with publishing history in the first half of the nineteenth century Matoff has done an extraordinary amount of research to create a full sense of what it meant to be an editor of the leading weekly literary journal, [Literary Gazette, editor 1817 1850]. This book should be consulted by anyone interested in the contexts and consequences of English Romanticism. Matoff and Sussex Academic Press (for the courage to publish such a long book of 659 pages with 500 words per page) earn excellent marks here. Professor Charles E. Robinson, University of Delaware, Keats Shelly Journal, Vol. LXI"

About the Author:
Susan Matoff is an independent scholar, with an MA in English Literature from the University of London (Fact and Fairy Tale in the Novels of George Gissing). In conjunction with a career in marketing and management of a mental health charity, she has published three local history studies for the Bushey Museum in Hertfordshire, and undertook research for an Open University history course both investigations leading her to the discovery of William Jerdan.

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  • PublisherSussex Academic Press
  • Publication date2010
  • ISBN 10 1845195639
  • ISBN 13 9781845195632
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages659

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