Charlotte Smith's The Old Manor House

Charlotte Smith's The Old Manor House
Author: Charlotte Smith
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2023-09-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1528798880

In a vivid tale of gothic horror and wartime terror, Charlotte Smith's evocative prose brings to life the haunting beauty of forbidden love against the backdrop of the French revolution. This volume is part of the Mothers of the Macabre series, celebrating the gothic horror masterpieces of pioneering women writers who played a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the genre. The Old Manor House presents the atmospheric world of the eighteenth-century countryside, where the past and present collide within the walls of an ancestral manor. A heartbreaking love story that pushes the boundaries of societal classes, this novel echoes the tragedy of the North American revolution while the French revolution blazes. With its intricate plot, complex characters, and emotive storytelling, this volume stands as a testament to Smith's enduring legacy as a masterful writer.

The Old Manor House

The Old Manor House
Author: Charlotte Smith
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2002-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1770482113

In The Old Manor House (1794), Charlotte Smith combines elements of the romance, the Gothic, recent history, and culture to produce both a social document and a compelling novel. A "property romance," the love story of Orlando and Monimia revolves around the Manor House as inheritable property. In situating their romance as dependent on the whims of property owners, Smith critiques a society in love with money at the expense of its most vulnerable members, the dispossessed. Appendices in this edition include: contemporary responses; writings on the genre debate by Anna Letitia Barbauld, John Moore, and Walter Scott; and historical documents focusing on property laws as well as the American and French revolutions.

Writing Romanticism

Writing Romanticism
Author: J. Labbe
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2011-06-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230306144

What is 'Wordsworthian' Romanticism and how did it evolve? This book argues that only by reading Charlotte Smith's poetry in tandem with William Wordsworth's can this question be answered, demonstrating their mutual contribution to the creation of the 'Wordsworthian', through literary analysis and historical contextualizing of their writings.

A Companion to Romanticism

A Companion to Romanticism
Author: Duncan Wu
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 566
Release: 1999-10-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780631218777

The Companion to Romanticism is a major introductory survey from an international galaxy of scholars writing new pieces, specifically for a student readership, under the editorship of Duncan Wu.

The Works of Charlotte Smith, Part I Vol 1

The Works of Charlotte Smith, Part I Vol 1
Author: Stuart Curran
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2020-03-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000749231

Reveals the extent to which Charlotte Turner Smith's work constitutes as significant an achievement as her poetry, representing the turbulent decade of the 1790s on its social and political, as well as literary, planes with an unparalleled richness of detail and an unblinkered vision.

The Works of Charlotte Smith, Part II vol 6

The Works of Charlotte Smith, Part II vol 6
Author: Stuart Curran
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2020-03-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000749282

Charlotte Turner Smith held a central position during the formative years of the British Romantic period. Smith's work includes eleven novels and two fictional adaptations from the French. This edition reveals the extent to which Smith's work in this form constitutes as significant an achievement as her poetry.

The Works of Charlotte Smith, Part II

The Works of Charlotte Smith, Part II
Author: Stuart Curran
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 2378
Release: 2022-09-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000743950

Charlotte Turner Smith held a central position during the formative years of the British Romantic period. Smith's work includes eleven novels and two fictional adaptations from the French. This edition reveals the extent to which Smith's work in this form constitutes as significant an achievement as her poetry.