This Week's Acquisitions
- Mrs. J. Sadlier, Elinor Preston; Or, Scenes at Home and Abroad (P. J. Kenedy, [1885]). Reprint of Sadlier's 1861 novel about the travels of a young Catholic woman. (eBay)
- E. M. Foster, The Corinna of England, and a Heroine in the Shade; A Modern Romance, ed. Sylvia Bordoni (Pickering & Chatto, 2008). First scholarly edition of an English response to Mme. de Stael's ultra-popular and influential Corinne. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Daniel Robinson, The Poetry of Mary Robinson: Form and Fame (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). First scholarly monograph on the Romantic poet, actress, and novelist, among other things. I'm reviewing this for Choice. (Review copy)