Family Authorship and Romantic Print Culture

This book explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain.

Family Authorship and Romantic Print Culture explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain. Through examination of the practices and texts of literary families, the book traces an alternative history of Romantic authorship, one that lies on the cusp between a vanishing manuscript culture and the dominance of print; that reflects a struggle in Romantic self-identity between communities of feeling and individual genius; and that grapples with an evolving tension between the private and public spheres.

Introduction * Family, Nation, and the Radical Education of Anna Barbauld * Coleridge, Manuscript Culture, and the Family Romance * Working Families and the Children’s Book Trade * The Shelleys, the Wordsworths, and the Family Tour * Literary Remains, Family Editors, and Romantic Genius * Epilogue * Index