This book explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain. It traces an alternative history of Romantic authorship, one that lies on the cusp between a vanishing manuscript culture and the dominance of print, grappling with an evolving tension between the private and public spheres.

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MICHELLE LEVY teaches Romantic Literature and Culture at Simon Fraser University, Canada, where she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Family, Nation, and the Radical Education of Barbauld and Aikin Coleridge, Manuscript Culture, and the Family Romance of Print Working Families and the Children's Book Trade The Shelleys, the Wordsworths, and the Family Tour Literary Remains, Family Editors, and Romantic Genius Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index