1st Edition

Reviewing before the Edinburgh 1788-1802

By Derek Roper Copyright 1978
319 Pages
by Routledge

319 Pages
by Routledge

319 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1978, Reviewing before the Edinburgh is a study of English literary reviewing during the fifteen years before the founding in 1802 of the Edinburgh Review, and an assessment of the reviewers’ achievement. The long introductory chapter describes the aims, methods, staffing, readership, influence, and development of the five important Reviews of the 1790s: the Monthly Review... Read more

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Note 1. The Reviews 2. The Reviewing of Poetry 3. The Reviewing of Fiction 4. The Reviewing of Political and Religious Writings 5. The Reviewing of a History and a Biography Appendix Notes Select Biography Index

Biography

Derek Roper