“At last, this expertly edited, well researched and affordable edition makes Robinson’s innovative and influential poetry accessible again to a wide audience.” — Paula Feldman, University of South Carolina

A focussed examination of Mary Robinson's deployment of the Gothic in a selection of her poetry and prose fiction. Features accounts of how Robinson's Gothic reworks other major Gothic writers.

Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late 18th-century England.

Once celebrated as ‘the English Sappho,’ Mary Robinson was a major figure in British Romanticism. This volume offers comprehensive study of Robinson’s achievement as a poet, a professional writer, a…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

Mary Robinson was born in Bristol, England on 27th November 1757. Her father, Nicholas Darby, a naval captain, deserted her mother, Hester, for his mistress when Mary was still a…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…