This volume explores the literary, cultural, social and political climate in Britain during the reign of William IV (1830–37). Rarely discussed by scholars searching to define the ‘Romantic’ period, and overshadowed by Queen Victoria, William IV’s reign signifies an important moment within the long nineteenth century, one whose literary output is marked by experimentation and generic instability. Rather than simply blurring the boundaries between the Romantic and Victorian periods, this diverse collection of essays demonstrates how the spirit of reform, creative experimentation, and an increasingly politically active middle-class readership produced a peculiar literary and material culture of its own. Responding to a wide range of print culture, including periodicals, albums, graphic satires, novels, poetry, travel writing and guidebooks, by canonical and non-canonical authors, such as Catherine Gore, James Hogg, John Ruskin, Mariana Starke, Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and Thomas Pringle, the essays in this volume map a complex network of conversation, personal and national identities, radical and conservative ideologies, and contested domestic and public spaces, both in Britain and abroad. By addressing various aspects of this remarkable period’s material culture and aesthetic innovations, the essays in this collection complicate our contemporary understanding of the long nineteenth century in Britain and open up new spaces for discussion.
Contents:
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Introduction: Writing in the Age of William IV Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler, Anne-Marie Millim
McCue, Maureen, Butler, Rebecca, and Millim, Anne-Marie, ‘Introduction: Writing in the Age of William IV’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 1–12
First footnote reference:35 Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler, Anne-Marie Millim, ‘Introduction: Writing in the Age of William IV’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 1–12, p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 McCue, Butler, and Millim, p. 47.
McCue, Maureen, Butler, Rebecca, and Millim, Anne-Marie. 2018. ‘Introduction: Writing in the Age of William IV’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 1–12
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (McCue, Butler, and Millim 2018: 21).
Example footnote reference:35 McCue, Butler, and Millim 2018: 21.
McCue, Maureen, ‘Guiding the Nation's Taste: Nineteenth-Century Periodicals and the Construction of the National Gallery in London, 1824–1842’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 13–30
First footnote reference:35 Maureen McCue, ‘Guiding the Nation's Taste: Nineteenth-Century Periodicals and the Construction of the National Gallery in London, 1824–1842’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 13–30, p. 21.
McCue, Maureen. 2018. ‘Guiding the Nation's Taste: Nineteenth-Century Periodicals and the Construction of the National Gallery in London, 1824–1842’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 13–30
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (McCue 2018: 21).
Boyce, Charlotte, ‘Food, Spaces of Consumption and the Exhibition of Taste in Catherine Gore's Silver-Fork Fiction, 1830–1834’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 31–53
First footnote reference:35 Charlotte Boyce, ‘Food, Spaces of Consumption and the Exhibition of Taste in Catherine Gore's Silver-Fork Fiction, 1830–1834’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 31–53, p. 21.
Boyce, Charlotte. 2018. ‘Food, Spaces of Consumption and the Exhibition of Taste in Catherine Gore's Silver-Fork Fiction, 1830–1834’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 31–53
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Boyce 2018: 21).
Maidment, Brian, ‘Caricature and the Comic Image in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 54–81
First footnote reference:35 Brian Maidment, ‘Caricature and the Comic Image in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 54–81, p. 21.
Maidment, Brian. 2018. ‘Caricature and the Comic Image in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 54–81
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Maidment 2018: 21).
Stewart, David, ‘Genuine Border Stories: James Hogg, Fiction and Mobility in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 82–100
First footnote reference:35 David Stewart, ‘Genuine Border Stories: James Hogg, Fiction and Mobility in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 82–100, p. 21.
Stewart, David. 2018. ‘Genuine Border Stories: James Hogg, Fiction and Mobility in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 82–100
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Stewart 2018: 21).
Donaldson, Christopher, ‘“The Travelling Carriage in Old Times”: John Ruskin and the Lakes Tour in the Age of William IV’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 101–23
First footnote reference:35 Christopher Donaldson, ‘“The Travelling Carriage in Old Times”: John Ruskin and the Lakes Tour in the Age of William IV’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 101–23, p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 Donaldson, p. 47.
Donaldson, Christopher. 2018. ‘“The Travelling Carriage in Old Times”: John Ruskin and the Lakes Tour in the Age of William IV’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 101–23
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Donaldson 2018: 21).
James, Kevin J., ‘Foreign and Home Tours in 1830s" Manuscript Culture’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 124–47
First footnote reference:35 Kevin J. James, ‘Foreign and Home Tours in 1830s" Manuscript Culture’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 124–47, p. 21.
James, Kevin J.. 2018. ‘Foreign and Home Tours in 1830s" Manuscript Culture’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 124–47
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (James 2018: 21).
Butler, Rebecca, ‘“Can any one fancy travellers without Murray's universal red books”? Mariana Starke, John Murray and 1830s" Guidebook Culture’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 148–70
First footnote reference:35 Rebecca Butler, ‘“Can any one fancy travellers without Murray's universal red books”? Mariana Starke, John Murray and 1830s" Guidebook Culture’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 148–70, p. 21.
Butler, Rebecca. 2018. ‘“Can any one fancy travellers without Murray's universal red books”? Mariana Starke, John Murray and 1830s" Guidebook Culture’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 148–70
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Butler 2018: 21).
O'Byrne, Alison, ‘“Unceasing Bustle and Traffic”: Print Culture and Metropolitan Spaces in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 171–98
First footnote reference:35 Alison O'Byrne, ‘“Unceasing Bustle and Traffic”: Print Culture and Metropolitan Spaces in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 171–98, p. 21.
O'Byrne, Alison. 2018. ‘“Unceasing Bustle and Traffic”: Print Culture and Metropolitan Spaces in the 1830s’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 171–98
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (O'Byrne 2018: 21).
‘The South African “Children of the Mist”’: The Bushman, the Highlander and the Making of Colonial Identities in Thomas Pringle's South African Poetry, 1825–1834 Lara Atkin
Atkin, Lara, ‘“The South African “Children of the Mist””: The Bushman, the Highlander and the Making of Colonial Identities in Thomas Pringle's South African Poetry, 1825–1834’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 199–215
First footnote reference:35 Lara Atkin, ‘“The South African “Children of the Mist””: The Bushman, the Highlander and the Making of Colonial Identities in Thomas Pringle's South African Poetry, 1825–1834’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 199–215, p. 21.
Atkin, Lara. 2018. ‘“The South African “Children of the Mist””: The Bushman, the Highlander and the Making of Colonial Identities in Thomas Pringle's South African Poetry, 1825–1834’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 199–215
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Atkin 2018: 21).
Millim, Anne-Marie, ‘Literary Histories, National Literatures and Early Conceptions of World Literature in the Athenaeum, 1833–1838’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 216–36
First footnote reference:35 Anne-Marie Millim, ‘Literary Histories, National Literatures and Early Conceptions of World Literature in the Athenaeum, 1833–1838’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), 216–36, p. 21.
Millim, Anne-Marie. 2018. ‘Literary Histories, National Literatures and Early Conceptions of World Literature in the Athenaeum, 1833–1838’, in Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1), 216–36
Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Millim 2018: 21).
McCue, Maureen, Rebecca Butler, and Anne-Marie Millim (eds), Writing in the Age of William IV (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018))
First footnote reference:35Writing in the Age of William IV, ed. by Maureen McCue, Rebecca Butler and Anne-Marie Millim (= Yearbook of English Studies, 48.1 (2018)), p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 McCue, Butler, and Millim, p. 47.
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