Kenneth A. Loparo 
Louisa Stuart Costello 
A Nineteenth-Century Writing Life

Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, and artist. Here, Broom Saunders provides a wealth of extracts from her diverse writings, a rich source of information about the pioneering career of a professional woman writer, and insight into a nineteenth-century writing life.

Tabella dei contenuti

Introduction 1. Louisa Stuart Costello: Life 2. Louisa Stuart Costello: Translations and Medievalism 3. Louisa Stuart Costello: Arthuranian Legend 4. Louisa Stuart Costello: Journalism 5. Louisa Stuart Costello: Poetry 6. Louisa Stuart Costello: Travel Writing 7. Louisa Stuart Costello: History and Historical Biography 8. Louisa Stuart Costello: Novels

Circa l’autore

Clare Broome Saunders teaches is a Research Fellow in English at the University of Oxford, UK. She has published widely on nineteenth-century poetry, uses of history, and women travel writers in Europe, including Women Writers and Nineteenth-Century Medievalism and Women, Travel Writing, and Truth.