British Criticisms of American Writings, 1815-1833, Vol. 14

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Excerpt from British Criticisms of American Writings, 1815-1833, Vol. 14: A Contribution to the Study of Anglo-American Literary Relationships This paper is virtually a continuation of the authors monograph on British Criticisms of American Writings, 1783-1815, and completes a study of the British attitude toward American literature during the first half century of the independence of the United States. As was noted in the preface to the earlier work, the author hopes at some time to make a study of the response of America to this trans-Atlantic criticism, and perhaps to glance at the American reviews of British publications during the same period. The present monograph has been made somewhat more minute and inclusive than its predecessor, partly because greater thoroughness was practicable, but chiefly because the period which it covers is more significant to the student of American literary history. The object has been not so much to present the well-known theories and leanings and prejudices of distinguished literary groups like those which contributed, to the Edinburgh and the Quarterly, but rather to ascertain so far as possible the consensus of opinion that prevailed among the reading public of Great Britain. For this reason attention has been given to the great number of minor and often shortlived literary periodicals that flourished, or at least that were enthusiastically brought into being during the period under consideration. It is true that at times the searcher after bits of out-of-the-way criticism has feared that he was acquiring the spirit of the collector of omnibus tickets and other useless trifles, but in a study of national impressions few critical articles are so insignificant as to be without some value. It is not wholly illogical to follow a passage from the Edinburgh Review with an extract from the Lady's Pocket Magazine, provided the source is clearly indicated so that the reader may assign to each its true weight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.