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This is an alphabetical list of authors who published at Minerva Press, or with William Lane before he coined the name, between the founding of the press in 1790 and 1820 or so when Lane's successor, A. K. Newman, dropped "Minerva" from the company title.

Minerva Press was a publishing house notable for creating a lucrative market in sentimental and Gothic fiction in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was established in or about 1790 when William Lane (c. 1745–1814) moved his circulating library to No 33 Leadenhall Street, London.[1]

Minerva Press has been, and continues to be, a subject of considerable interest for scholars of print and popular cultures, women's writing, and the Romantic period.[2] There is also a market for modern reissues of novels from Minerva and other Gothic authors: Valancourt Books has reissued a number of Minerva titles and Broadview Press has produced several scholarly editions of early Gothic novels. Many of Minerva's authors remain obscure, however, as they published anonymously or under pseudonyms. Please note that many of these attributions remain uncertain and new scholarship[3] continues to emerge.

Abbey
Title page of Mrs Carver's The Horrors of Oakendale Abbey (Minerva Press, 1797)

A

B

C

Fleuron Princess of Zell
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by Minerva Press for Sarah Draper's The Princess of Zell (1796)

D

E

F

Fleuron Goldsmith's The bee
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by W. Lane for Oliver Goldsmith's The Bee, a select collection of essays (1790)

G

H

I

J

Fleuron The ruins of Avondale Priory, a novel
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by Minerva Press for Isabella Kelly's The Ruins of Avondale Priory (1796)

K

L

Printers' fleuron
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by Minerva Press for J. Moser's The Hermit of Caucasus (1796)

M

N

O

Printers' fleuron
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by Minerva Press for Eliza Parsons' The Girl of the Mountains (1797)
Fleuron Plumptre's Montgomery
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by Minerva Press for Bell [Annabella] Plumptre's Montgomery (1796)
Fleuron Pratt's Charles and Charlotte
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by W. Lane for Samuel Jackson Pratt's Charles and Charlotte (1777)

P

R

S

Fleuron Mrs Taylor's Family Companion
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by W. Lane for Margaret Taylor's Mrs Taylor's Family Companion (1795)

T

V

Fleuron Augusta Denbeigh
Fleuron (ornamental typography) used by Minerva Press for [Anon.], Augusta Denbeigh; a novel (1795)

W

Y

Z

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Blakey, Dorothy (1935). The Minerva Press, 1790-1820. Bibliographical Society at the University Press, Oxford. p. 40.
  2. ^ See, for example, Romantic textualities literature and print culture 1780-1840: Special Issue: The Minerva Press and the literary marketplace. August 2020 ISSN 1748-0116 doi:10.18573/romtext.76; Elizabeth Neiman, Minerva's Gothics: the politics and poetics of Romantic exchange, 1780-1820. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2019; and Gary Kelly, "The popular novel, 1790–1820," The Oxford handbook of the eighteenth-century novel, edited by James Alan Downie, 2016, ISBN 9780199566747 doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199566747.013.02
  3. ^ Particularly electronic databases such as British Fiction 1800–1829 Database and The Women's Print History Project
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Reissued by Valancourt Books.
  5. ^ According to the British Fiction 1800–1829 Database, seventy-four (74) texts were published anonymously by the Minerva Press between 1800 and 1829.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em Montague Summers, A Gothic bibliography (1941; available online at Internet Archive)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd Minerva Press, British Fiction 1800–1829 Database
  8. ^ "Amelia Beauclerc." Orlando: women’s writing in the British Isles from the beginnings to the present. Cambridge UP.
  9. ^ Online edition, UPenn
  10. ^ "C., Lady Mary." The women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2672. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  11. ^ a b "Carver, Mrs." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2228. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  12. ^ "Colpoys, Mrs." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2624. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  13. ^ "Croffts, Mrs." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2319. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  14. ^ "Draper, Sarah." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2436. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  15. ^ "Elson, Jane." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1632. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  16. ^ Broadview Press published a scholarly edition in 1998.
  17. ^ "Frances, Sophia." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2733. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  18. ^ Milberger, Kurt Edward, "‘The first impression, you, yourself, will buy’: The Gunninghiad, Virginius and Virginia and the art of scandal at the Minerva Press." Romantic textualities; Cardiff Iss. 23 (Summer 2020). doi:10.18573/romtext.71
  19. ^ "Hirst, Augusta Ann" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2738. Accessed 2022-06-14. (WPHP)
  20. ^ a b c d e f g *Spender, Dale. Mothers of the novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen. London/NY:Pandora, 1986. (Internet Archive)
  21. ^ "Howell, Ann." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1025. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  22. ^ "Hunter, Maria" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1898. Accessed 2022-06-12. (WPHP)
  23. ^ "Isaacs, Mrs." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2691. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  24. ^ "Jones, Harriet." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2663. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  25. ^ a b "Mackenzie, Anna Maria." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1081. Accessed 2022-06-12. (WPHP)
  26. ^ "Kidderslaw, Johanson" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2692. Accessed 2022-06-12. ([1])
  27. ^ "Lansdell, Sarah." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2428. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  28. ^ "Leslie, Mrs." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2693. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  29. ^ 2004 Broadview Press edition includes "a prospectus for the notorious Minerva Press."
  30. ^ a b Neiman, Elizabeth, and Christina Morin. "Re-evaluating the Minerva Press: introduction." Romantic textualties: literature and print culture, 1780-1840. Issue 23: Special Issue: The Minerva Press and the literary marketplace (Summer 2020): 15.
  31. ^ Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page
  32. ^ ”Malden, Miriam.” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2718. Accessed 2023-01-02.
  33. ^ "Martin, Mrs." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 281. Accessed 2022-06-09.
  34. ^ Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page
  35. ^ ”Matthew, Charlotte.” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2694. Accessed 2023-01-02.
  36. ^ ”Moore, Marian.” The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2703. Accessed 2023-01-02.
  37. ^ Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page
  38. ^ ODNB entry for Emma Parker by Isobel Grundy. Retrieved 13 August 2012. Pay-walled.
  39. ^ "Parker, Mary Elizabeth." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 1479. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  40. ^ "Philipps, Janetta." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 4853. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  41. ^ Full text available online at Oxford Text Archive: Vol. I; Vol. II
  42. ^ Author of The Balance of Comfort; or The Old Maid and Married Woman, A Novel. London: Minerva Press, 1818 (Internet Archive)>, The Woman of Genius. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 (Internet Archive)
  43. ^ The New Monk
  44. ^ "Sabina." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2571. Accessed 2022-06-12. (WPHP)
  45. ^ "Sheriffe, Sarah." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2686. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  46. ^ a b "Showes, Mrs." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 365. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  47. ^ Internet Archive; WorldCat
  48. ^ WorldCat)
  49. ^ "Smith, Maria Lavinia." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2697. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  50. ^ "Spiess, Christian Heinrich." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2680. Accessed 2022-06-12. (WPHP)
  51. ^ "Street, Miss." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2171. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  52. ^ "Stuart, Augusta Amelia." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2594. Accessed 2022-06-14. WPHP
  53. ^ Stuart's Cava of Toledo; or, the Gothic Princess (Minerva, 1812) is available from Chawton House as a PDF.
  54. ^ "Taylor, Miss." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2166. Accessed 2022-06-20. WPHP.
  55. ^ "Taylor, Eliza." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2840. Accessed 2022-06-22. (WPHP)
  56. ^ Author of Mrs. Taylor's family companion; or the whole art of cookery display'd (London: W. Lane, Leadenhall-Street, 1795)
  57. ^ Virginia Blain et al., The Feminist Companion to Literature in English (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990. 1076).
  58. ^ Deirdre Coleman, "Thomas, Elizabeth (1770/71–1855)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. 13 May 2007.
  59. ^ "Thomson, Anna." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2257. Accessed 2023-01-02.
  60. ^ "Thomson, Harriet." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2721. Accessed 2023-01-02.
  61. ^ "Twiss, Richard." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 4523. Accessed 2022-06-12. (WPHP)
  62. ^ "von Wolzogen, Caroline" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 519. Accessed 2022-06-12. (WPHP)
  63. ^ "Wright, Elizabeth." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2699. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)
  64. ^ "Yorke, Mrs. R. P. M." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 2687. Accessed 2022-06-09. (WPHP)

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