Autor: Barbara M. Benedict

Inquiring into the formation of a literary canon during the Restoration and the eighteenth century, Barbara Benedict poses the question, ‘Do anthologies reflect or shape contemporary literary taste?’ …

Recent years have witnessed a growing fascination with the printed annotations accompanying eighteenth-century texts. Previous studies of annotation have revealed the margins as dynamic textual space …

One of the first of Jane Austen’s novels to be written, and one of the last to be published, Northanger Abbey is both an amusing story of how a naive girl enters society and wins the affection of a w …

This set reprints many of the 18th century’s most notorious works, including eight from "The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head" (1707), that resulted in highly publicized court battles and i …

This set reprints many of the 18th century’s most notorious works, including eight from "The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head" (1707), that resulted in highly publicized court battles and i …

Jane Austen distinguished herself with genius in literature, but she was immersed in all of the arts. Austen loved dancing, played the piano proficiently, meticulously transcribed piano scores, atten …