The Works of Hannah More: First Complete American Edition. Volume 1 by Hannah More |
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Tales for the Common People and Other Cheap Repository Tracts (Radical Recoveries) by Hannah More |
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Susan Elkin, The Independent
"Stott is an impeccable researcher. Her accessible but scholarly...biography throws new light on the development of Victorianism by examining its roots."
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More's long life...is skilfully interwoven with the main political and social changes of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. (Fiona Richie, The Cambridge Quarterly )
Anne Stott's biography manages tp provide a remarkably entertaining and readable account ... packed full of anecdote and fascinating historical insights. (Judy Simons, MLR )
Anne Stott's absorbing new biography of Hannah More painstakingly reconstructs the precise contexts of More's activities so as to deliver a modified and exacting portrait of this complex figure. (English Historical Review )
Stott's accessible style and evident feeling for her subject will ensure that this book will reach a wide audience ... this is an important, impressive and hugely enjoyable work that is set to become a standard point of reference. (English Historical Review )
... a portrait of More that is subtle, complex, convincing and solidly grounded in extensive research ... This biography not only does a magnificent job of illuminating its subject, it also offers a fascinating picture of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century British society and politics as seen through the lens of one extraordinary woman's activities. (BARS Bulletin & Review )
... timely new biography ... thoroughly researched and well-written. (Claire Harman, Times Literary Supplement )
... first-rate ... well attuned to the nuances of [its] fascinating subject. (Times Higher Education Supplement )
... excellent ... the first modern biography of More and the first to make full use of her extensive correspondence. (Times Higher Education Supplement )
This excellent biography is a study in sexual politics as much as literary history. (Peter Ackroyd, The Times )
In her lifetime she was arguably the most eminent and most influential of all female writers. (Peter Ackroyd, The Times )
Do we need another biography of a long-forgotten woman of moderate talents? The answer is an emphatic yes, and Anne Stott's engaging and highly readable book, Hannah More: The First Victorian, aptly demonstrates the reason why. (Juliet Barker, Literary Review )
Stott deploys her evidence with a combination of sympathy, tact and honesty that makes for good, fresh biography, and , in the longer term, standard for reference material. (Church Times )
Anne Stott's achievement is to turn the Mary Whitehouse of the 19th century into a figure of page-turning curiosity and appeal. (Sunday Telegraph (Review) )
... engaging and highly readable book. (Literary Review )
Stott performs an absolutely necessary task with admirable restraint. (Kathryn Hughes, Sunday Times )
Stott is an impeccable researcher. Her accessible but scholarly...biography throws new light on the development of Victorianism by examining its roots. (Susan Elkin, The Independent )
This biography - the first in half a century - offers a realistic portrait of this energetic, unstoppable woman which acknowledges her unique strengths without idealising her. (Lucasta Miller, The Guardian )
Anne Stott's biography manages tp provide a remarkably entertaining and readable account ... packed full of anecdote and fascinating historical insights. (Judy Simons, MLR )
Anne Stott's absorbing new biography of Hannah More painstakingly reconstructs the precise contexts of More's activities so as to deliver a modified and exacting portrait of this complex figure. (English Historical Review )
Stott's accessible style and evident feeling for her subject will ensure that this book will reach a wide audience ... this is an important, impressive and hugely enjoyable work that is set to become a standard point of reference. (English Historical Review )
... a portrait of More that is subtle, complex, convincing and solidly grounded in extensive research ... This biography not only does a magnificent job of illuminating its subject, it also offers a fascinating picture of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century British society and politics as seen through the lens of one extraordinary woman's activities. (BARS Bulletin & Review )
... timely new biography ... thoroughly researched and well-written. (Claire Harman, Times Literary Supplement )
... first-rate ... well attuned to the nuances of [its] fascinating subject. (Times Higher Education Supplement )
... excellent ... the first modern biography of More and the first to make full use of her extensive correspondence. (Times Higher Education Supplement )
This excellent biography is a study in sexual politics as much as literary history. (Peter Ackroyd, The Times )
In her lifetime she was arguably the most eminent and most influential of all female writers. (Peter Ackroyd, The Times )
Do we need another biography of a long-forgotten woman of moderate talents? The answer is an emphatic yes, and Anne Stott's engaging and highly readable book, Hannah More: The First Victorian, aptly demonstrates the reason why. (Juliet Barker, Literary Review )
Stott deploys her evidence with a combination of sympathy, tact and honesty that makes for good, fresh biography, and , in the longer term, standard for reference material. (Church Times )
Anne Stott's achievement is to turn the Mary Whitehouse of the 19th century into a figure of page-turning curiosity and appeal. (Sunday Telegraph (Review) )
... engaging and highly readable book. (Literary Review )
Stott performs an absolutely necessary task with admirable restraint. (Kathryn Hughes, Sunday Times )
Stott is an impeccable researcher. Her accessible but scholarly...biography throws new light on the development of Victorianism by examining its roots. (Susan Elkin, The Independent )
This biography - the first in half a century - offers a realistic portrait of this energetic, unstoppable woman which acknowledges her unique strengths without idealising her. (Lucasta Miller, The Guardian )
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