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A lively and far-ranging interest in place, space, and situation characterizes the work of Romantic-era British author Charlotte Smith (1749-1806). Featuring ten original essays, an introduction and an epilogue, this volume offers new insights into Smith's life and work by exploring two central issues: Smith's place as a foundational writer in her period, and her contribution to the creation of "place" as a concept of social and literary importance. The contributors analyze themes such as itineracy, the natural world, and patriotism; they also explore the position of Smith's work and authorial identity in terms of genre, aesthetics, and market dynamics. With its innovative approach to place as a material location, symbolic principle, and literary device, this volume advances our understanding of Smith's work. Placing Charlotte Smith reveals Smith as an author who not only energizes our interest in domestic concerns, but who also shapes a global discourse constituted by changing ideas about borders, travel, national, and international identities.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Elusive Charlotte Smith, by Stephen Behrendt
Chapter 2: "Far from my native fields removed": Gentility, Displacement, and the Idea of Home in the Life and Poetry of Charlotte Smith, by Claire Knowles
Chapter 3: Creating Home: The Roots of Charlotte Smith's Cosmopolitanism in Emmeline, by Elizabeth A. Dolan
Chapter 4: Charlotte Smith: English Patriot, by Mary Anne Myers
Chapter 5: Comedic Travel and Political Satire: Smollett, Fielding, and Charlotte Smith's The Old Manor House, by Anne Chandler
Chapter 6: Locating the Common in Charlotte Smith's Ecocritical Writings for Children, by Lisa Vargo
Chapter 7: "On the green margin": Science, Gender, and Originality in Charlotte Smith's "Flora," by Melissa Bailes
Chapter 8: "With Faithful Pencil": Pastoral and Picturesque Composition in Beachy Head, by Rachael Isom
Chapter 9: "A Tale of Two Smiths": In Pursuit of the Picturesque in Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle, by Val Derbyshire
Chapter 10: Strange Shells of Poetry in the Landscape of C
