The Life Of Harriot Stuart Written By Herself

This critical edition of Lennox's novel uses as its copy-text the first, and only known, edition of Harriot Stuart. The notes to the edition try to clarify the text for the modern reader by identifying people, places, and events, and commenting upon the ways in which aspects of the novel reflect or reject mid-eighteenth century social and literary prose.

An outstanding novel, it presents the enigmatic vision of self-creation in the eighteenth century. It signifies Charlotte Lennox's self-identification and self-invention as an author through her works focussing on gender and geography. Stimulating!