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Minerva’s Gothics: The Politics and Poetics of Romantic Exchange, 1780-1820 (first 100 pages)

This novel discuss how Gothic Literacy impacted roles of poetics, treatment of Minerva, relationship to emotions, exchange, social network, authorship, literary marketplace, and politics.

The Review of English Studies

This article suggests that the most prolific novelist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was Elizabeth Meeke. Due to her being a Minerva Press author who produced 26 novels between 1795 and 1823, as well as translations and…

British Critic. Nov1797, Vol. 10, p553-553. 1/5p.

This artifact is a collection of reviews on various authors. This include a overall review of Elizabeth Meeke’s The Abbey of Clugny. The critic was not amused with the novel and all and even went as far as saying the novel , “will amuse, for a few…

The Literary Journal Review of Something Odd, a Novel, 3 vols.

An anonymous review of Something Odd by Elizabeth Meeke written in 1804. This conveys what people thought of Meeke’s writing at the time.

The Literary Journal Review of Amazement, A Novel, by Mrs. Meeke, 3 vols.

An anonymous review of Amazement, a Novel from The Literary Journal. This review is especially harsh and critical of Meeke’s work.

An excerpt from The Prospect Before Her: a History of Women in Western Europe Volume One 1500-1800

An excerpt discussing what life was like in convents and the rules nuns had to follow in the 1700s-1800s. This gives us a closer look at what Alphonsine may have experienced in the convent, and why some women chose this life. (I think this whole…

A System of Geography or A New and Accurate Description of the Earth in all Empires Kingdoms and States

This text describes the geography of the earth and how different aspects work, like the dimensions and rivers. Then, it has a description of many countries and the different regions/cities/areas of each country. There are also detailed maps of the…

The history of the Earls and Earldom of Flanders, from the first establishment of that sovereignty to the death of the late King Charles II. of Spain. Being a Relation of many Remarkable Actions that have happen'd not only in that but other Parts of Europe; more particularly the late Wars with the French, the Treaty at Reswick, and that for dividing the Spanish Monarchy, &c. To which is prefix'd, A general survey of Flanders, illustrated with the most exact and curious Map that was ever yet made of that Country. Dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Ormond, and address'd to all the General Officers and Colonels that serv'd in the late War

Though long, it is a book about Flanders, which includes a map. This can help with the general overview of Flanders needed for Abbey of Clugny.

"Marriage and the law in the eighteenth century: Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753"

This document was presented by Lord Hardwicke to the English Parliament in 1753. David Lemmings provides additional analysis to examine the debates created from this document. The Marriage Act was formed to prevent clandestine marriage and bigamy and…

Excerpt from "The State France previous to the Revolution described, and the Necessity of a Revolution considered: Mr. Paine."

Mr. Paine takes exception to Mr. Burke's harsh criticism. He claims that the French Revolution is justified in that it overthrew and rebelled against an oppressive structure of power, not an oppressive monarch and that Mr. Burke conflates the…

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