The Criticism Archive
Ed. Mary A. Waters
About
The Criticism Archive is and for many years will remain a work in progress, with new material being uploaded once or twice per year. At present the focus is on published literary criticism by British women writers of the “long” romantic period. Eventually, coverage can expand both chronologically and nationally, with the aspiration to provide a robust international archive of literary criticism by early women writers.
Editing Decisions
Copytext of published material relies on accurately representing the text as published. Few of the selections in this archive appeared in more than one edition, but where multiple versions exist, the earliest published version is emphasized, with aspirations to make later revisions available when time and labor permits. Currently, editing focuses on accessible teaching and research as well as coarse data mining. Thus, both person identifications and annotations are brief, while titles are simply encoded as such.
A few specific decisions are worth mentioning. Excepting a few basics (full stop, comma, semi-colon, colon, and hyphen) punctuation and characters outside those in the English language alphabet were encoded as HTML entities. Quotation marks indicating block quotes, running titles, compositor’s catchwords, and dashes within line breaks all have been silently eliminated. Spelling has not been regularized except that the long “s” has been silently modernized.
Encoding Decisions
Encoding conforms to TEI guidelines, allowing for representation of some features of the original text while still enabling expedient publication to extend text availability. Here you will find the Criticism Archive Encoding Decisions manual, providing details about TEI encoding using the Poetess Archive schema.
Works
Preliminaries
- Introduction to the Criticism Archive, by Mary Waters (2024)
- Biographies, by Mary A. Waters, et al.
Primary Texts, By author: B | I | J | L | M | S | T | W
- —Baillie—
- Introductory Discourse, A Series of Plays: in Which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions, by Joanna Baillie
- —Barbauld—
- Akenside's Poem on the Pleasures of Imagination, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Mr. Bage, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Mrs. Brooke, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Miss Burney, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- On the Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins, The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins. With a Prefatory Essay by Mrs. Barbauld, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- De Foe, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Miss Edgeworth, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- An Inquiry into Those Kinds of Distress which Excite Agreeable Sensations: With a Tale, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose,, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Fielding, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Goldsmith, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Graves, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Hawkesworth, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Mrs. Inchbald, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Johnson, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Mrs. Lennox, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Life of Samuel Richardson, The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Mackenzie, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Dr. Moore, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- "On Novel Writing", The Literary Magazine and American Register, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- On Romances, an Imitation, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- On the Origin and Progress of Novel-Writing., The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Mrs. Radcliffe, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Clara Reeve, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Richardson, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Mrs. Charlotte Smith, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Smollet, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Preliminary Essay to the Selections from the Spectator, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- Walpole, The British Novelists, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
- —Busk—
- Art. II. Madame Dudevant's Novels., The Foreign Quarterly Review, by Mary Margaret Busk
- —Inchbald—
- To the Artist, Letter, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- On Novel Writing
- The British Theatre, or, A Collection of Plays, which Are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket. Printed under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Books. With Biographical and Critical Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. In Twenty-five Volumes. Vol. I. Comedy of Errors. Romeo and Juiiet. Hamlet. King John. King Richard III, edited by Elizabeth Inchbald.
- Remarks on The Comedy of Errors, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Romeo and Juliet, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Hamlet, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on King John, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on King Richard III, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Merchant of Venice, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on King Henry V, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Much Ado About Nothing, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on As You Like It, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Merry Wives of Windsor, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on King Henry VIII, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Measure for Measure, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Winter's Tale, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on King Lear, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Cymbeline, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Macbeth, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Julius Caesar, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Antony and Cleopatra, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Coriolanus, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Othello, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Tempest, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Twelfth Night, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Every Man in his Humour, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Chances, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Rival Queens, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on All for Love, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Isabella, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Ooronoko, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Distressed Mother, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Zara, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Gustavus Vasa, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Constant Couple, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Inconstant, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Recruiting Officer, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Beaux Strategem, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Cato, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Provoked Wife, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Provoked Husband, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Love Makes a Man, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Careless Husband, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Tamerlane, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Fair Penitent, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Jane Shore, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on Lady Jane Grey, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- Remarks on The Siege of Damascus, The British Theatre, by Elizabeth Inchbald
- —Jewsbury—
- "Literary Women No. I. Felicia Hemans." from The Athenæum, by Maria Jane Jewsbury
- "Literary Women No. II. Jane Austen." from The Athenæum, by Maria Jane Jewsbury
- Review of The Nature and Dignity of Christ by Joanna Baillie. from The Athenæum, by Maria Jane Jewsbury
- "Romance and Reality." from The Athenæum, by Maria Jane Jewsbury
- —Landon—
- Edward Lytton Bulwer, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- "The Criticism of Chateaubriand", The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, by Letita Elizabeth Landon
- Female Portrait Gallery, No. I.—Flora M'Ivor and Rose Bradwardine., New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, by Letitia E. Landon
- Female Potrait Gallery, No. II. Constance, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- Female Portrait Gallery, From Sir Walter Scott. By the Author of "The Improvvisatrice." No. III.—Alice Lee., New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, by Letitia E. Landon
- On The Character of Mrs. Hemans's Writings., The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, by Letitia Landon
- On the Ancient and Modern Influence Of Poetry., New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, by Letitia Landon
- Preface [to the Venetian Bracelet], The Venetian Bracelet, the Lost Pleiad, a History of the Lyre, and Other Poems., by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- —Moody—
- Art. XVI. Charles et Marie.—i.e. Charles and Mary., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- "Review of Thomson's The Denial", The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Fiévée's "Le Divorce," etc., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 46. The Negroe equalled by few Europeans., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 29. The Young Exiles, or, Correspondence of some Juvenile Emigrants. A Work intended for the Entertainment and Instruction of Youth., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Frédéric; i.e. Frederic, a Novel, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 32. Frederic., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Grammaire Italienne, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of The Lamentation, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Le Paradis Reconquis, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 25. Letters of Miss Riversdale., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Lettres de Mademoiselle De Launai, &c., Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Moody Review of Grandmaison's Les Amours Epiques, The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. VIII. Le Malheur et la Pitié, &c.; i. e. Misfortune and Pity, a Poem in Four Cantos., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Men and Manners, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 20. The Morlands. Tales illustrative of the Simple and Surprising., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 46. Nascita, Carattere, e Alcuni Fatti Notabili di Luigi XVI. Re di Francia. Sua Prigonia nel Tempio, tradotta dal Giornale del Sigr. Clery, Cameriere del Re. Con una breve Appendice al Giornale., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Nouveaux Contes Moraux by Marmontel, The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 19. Novelle Morali., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Pictures of Life, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of "Rimualdo" by Ireland, The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of The Rival Mothers by Madame de Genlis, The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Article 24 Review of Observations sur l'education, The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 17. Scelta di Lettere familiari, degli Autori pieù Celebri &c., Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. 27. The School for Fashion., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Sempronia, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Art. XV. Les Souvenirs de Felicie L***; i.e. The Recollections of Felicia L***., The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review of Tableaux de Famille by Fontaine, The Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- Review The Turtle Dove, Monthly Review, by Elizabeth Moody
- —Shelley—
- Byron and Shelley on the Character of Hamlet, The New Monthly Magazine, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Cloudesley; A Tale. By the Author of Caleb Williams, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Review of The English in Italy, The Westminster Review, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Illyrian Poems—Feudal Scenes, Westminster Review, by Mary Shelley
- Modern Italian Romances, Part 1, by Mary Shelley
- Modern Italian Romances, Part 2, Monthly Chronicle; A National Journal of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, by Mary Shelley
- Both Parts of Modern Italian Romances together, Monthly Chronicle; A National Journal of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, by Mary Shelley
- Art. X.—The Loves of the Poets. By the Author of the "Diary of an Ennuyée.", The Westminster Review, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- —Taylor—
- Poets of Rural Life.—Cowper., The New Monthly Magazine, by Emily Taylor
- —Wollstonecraft—
- On Artificial Taste, The Monthly Magazine, by Mary Wollstonecraft
- On Poetry, and Our Relish for the Beauties of Nature, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman., by Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary A. Waters
Mary A. Waters, editor of the Criticism Archive, is Melba V. Hughes Professor of English at Wichita State University. Specializing in literary criticism by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British women writers, Dr. Waters is author of British Women Writers and the Profession of Literary Criticism, 1789-1832 and the editor of British Women Writers of the Romantic Period: An Anthology of their Literary Criticism. Her essays have appeared in venues such as Eighteenth-Century Studies, Nineteenth-Century Prose, Women's Writing, and collections from Ashgate and Cambridge University Press.