Letters, Expectations, and the Ancient Regime in Charlotte Smith’s The Old Manor House

Eve Tavor Bannet

doi:10.51734/jes.v1i1.13

Letters, Expectations, and the Ancient Regime in Charlotte Smith’s The Old Manor House

The Journal of Epistolary Studies ◽

10.51734/jes.v1i1.13 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Eve Tavor Bannet

Keyword(s):

Critical Analysis ◽

Charlotte Smith ◽

Ancient Regime ◽

English Society ◽

Manor House

This essay shows how Charlotte Smith used embedded letters and their framing narratives to convey a detailed, complex, and critical analysis of the dynamics of traditional English society that could not be more openly expressed in 1793. Special attention is paid to the initial encapsulating letter, and to Smith’s treatment of clandestine and unseen letters.

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Anna Barbauld and Charlotte Smith on War and Acquiescence

Eighteenth-Century Life ◽

10.1215/00982601-8718688 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 119-139

Author(s):

Andrew Lincoln

Keyword(s):

Women Writers ◽

French Revolution ◽

Social Group ◽

Early Years ◽

Charlotte Smith ◽

Social Unrest ◽

Civil Disorder ◽

Anna Barbauld ◽

Manor House ◽

Two Sides

This essay considers works published by two women writers as Britain was preparing for hostilities against revolutionary France in 1793: a Fast Day sermon, Sins of Government, Sins of the Nation, published anonymously by Anna Barbauld, Charlotte Smith’s novel The Old Manor House, and her blank verse poem The Emigrants. It considers how these works, which condemn the guilt arising from war, expose the problem of necessary acquiescence in what is condemned. Taken together, the writings illuminate two sides of the problem. As a Dissenter, Barbauld belonged to a social group that, during the early years of the French revolution, had reason to feel especially vulnerable to the threat of civil disorder; she therefore had a particular incentive to see the horrors of war abroad in relation to the fear of social unrest at home. For Smith, who identified herself publicly with the landowning classes, and who desired socially appropriate positions for her children, such horrors had to be set against the material opportunities made available by war. In both cases the representation of sympathy for the victims of war provides a way out of the moral impasse they encounter.

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Charlotte Smith, The Old Manor House

A Companion to Romanticism ◽

10.1002/9781405165396.ch11 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 131-139

Author(s):

Miranda J. Burgess

Keyword(s):

Charlotte Smith ◽

Manor House

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Prawo rzymskie to nie tylko Digesta. Kilka uwag nad książką Łukasza Jana Korporowicza „Prawo rzymskie w Anglii w XVIII wieku. Nauczanie, studia, nauka”

Studia Iuridica Lublinensia ◽

10.17951/sil.2021.30.2.447-457 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 447

Author(s):

Tomasz Tulejski

Keyword(s):

Critical Analysis ◽

Roman Law ◽

Private Law ◽

British Isles ◽

Scientific Level ◽

The World ◽

English Society ◽

High Scientific Level ◽

The University ◽

Very High

Polish research on Roman law is traditionally concerned first of all on the private law and its reception in European legal systems. However, very few publications deal with the role Roman law played on the British Isles. One of the important exceptions is Łukasz Jan Korporowicz’s research from the University of Lodz. This article analyzes his last book entitled Prawo rzymskie w Anglii w XVIII wieku. Nauczanie, studia, nauka. It describes the system of teaching Roman law in England in the 18th century and the role that graduates of Roman studies at Oxbridge played in English society at the time. First of all, the pioneering nature of reviewed work was indicated, as a similar one has not yet been published not only in Poland, but also in the world. By analyzing the subsequent parts of the book, their critical analysis was made and its strong and weaker elements were indicated. The conclusions indicate a very high scientific level of the reviewed book.

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