Religious Dissent and the Aikin-Barbauld Circle, 1740-1860

"Recent criticism is now fully appreciating the nuanced and complex contribution made by Dissenters to the culture and ideas of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Britain. This is the first sustained study of a Dissenting family - the Aikins - from the 1740s to the 1860s. Essays by literary critics, historians of religion and science, and geographers explore and contextualise the achievements of this remarkable family, including John Aikin senior, tutor at the celebrated Warrington Academy, and his children, poet Anna Letitia Barbauld, and John Aikin junior, literary physician and editor. The latter's children in turn were leading professionals and writers in the early Victorian era. This study provides new perspectives on the social and culturalimportance of the family and their circle - an untold story of collaboration and exchange, and a narrative which breaks down period boundaries to set Enlightenment and Victorian culture in dialogue"--

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• Authors: Felicity James, Felicity Inkster James
• Assisted by: Ian Inkster (Editor), Inkster Ian (Editor), Felicity James (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781107442498
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44249-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, English, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800