The Reception of Jane Austen and Walter Scott: A Comparative Longitudinal Study

209 Pages·2007·11.307 MB·English

by  Annika Bautz

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and Walter Scott
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The Reception of
Jane Austen and
Walter Scott
A Comparative Longitudinal Study
Annika Bautz
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
Part 1: The Contemporary Response, 1811-1818
1 Reviewing in the Romantic Period 7
2 Austen and Scott Reviewed, 1812-1818 15
3 Private Readers' Responses in Letters and Diaries, 1811-1818 47
Part 2: The Victorian Response
4 Editions, 1832-1912 77
5 Library Catalogues, 1832-1912 89
6 Victorian Reviews and Criticism, 1865-1880 93
Part 3: The Later-twentieth-century Response
7 Editions, 1913-2003 117
8 Media Reception and Cultural Status, 1990-2003 119
9 Critical Reception, 1960-2003 135
Retrospect 167
Notes 171
Bibliography 183
Index 195
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Acknowledgements
My most extended thanks go to Claire Lamont, whose wisdom, care and
unremitting support have made it a pleasure and a privilege to work with her.
Her generosity will always be remembered. I am immensely grateful to William
St Clair for his enthusiasm and encouragement, as well as for inspiring com-
ments. Among the many other people without whom this book would not have
been possible, I am particularly indebted to Thomas Rischbeck, Richard
Temperley, Matthew Rubery, David Hewitt, Michael Rossington, Julian Daw-
son and Wolfgang Wendt. To my parents, Eva-Gabriele Bautz and Thomas
Wendt, I am deeply thankful for their unwavering love and support. To Meriol
and John Penn I am profoundly grateful for helping me in more ways than I
can express. To my grandmother Annemarie Bautz I am greatly indebted for
her enthusiasm about the project, joie de vivre and care.
Among the many libraries whose resources I have used, I wish to thank
especially the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, the
Robinson Library at Newcastle University and the National Library of
Scotland.
My thanks also go to colleagues at Continuum: Colleen Coalter, Sophie Cox,
Joanna Kramer, Anna Sandeman and Anya Wilson.
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Abbreviations
Academy The Academy
AJR The Antijacobin Review
Ant The Antiquary
AugR The Augustan Review
EC The British Critic
BEM Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
ELM The British Lady's Magazine
BOL The Bride of Lammermoor
BR The British Review
Cat Merc Caledonian Mercury
CH The Critical Heritage
Chambers's Chambers's Journal
Champ The Champion
ContR The Contemporary Review
Cornhill Cornhill Magazine
CR The Critical Review
DBF Database of British Fiction 1800-1829
E Emma
EclR The Eclectic Review
Thhe Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany
EdM
EdRefl The Edinburgh Reflector
EEWN Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
EM European Magazine and London Review
ER The Edinburgh Review
EWDM The Englishwomen's Domestic Magazine
FR Fortnightly Review
G The Guardian
GM The Gentleman's Magazine
GMann Guy Mannering
HOM The Heart of Mid-Lothian
I Ivanhoe
Ind The Independent
InS Independent on Sunday
LLG The London Literary Gazette
London Soc London Society