Mary Robinson, Walsingham

Carrie-Ann Prefontaine (University of Saskatchewan)

Ed. by Wendy Roy, University of Saskatchewan
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

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First circulation or publication 1797

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England (Country of Origin)

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Mary Robinson’s fifth novel,

Walsingham; or, The Pupil of Nature

, was published by T.N. Longman in 1797. Like her other novels,

Walsingham

addresses many political themes, such as women’s rights to inheritance, the value of personal merit over rank, and the importance of education for both sexes. In addition,

Walsingham

makes strong social critiques, particularly about socially-prescribed class and gender roles and about the dangers of excessive sensibility. The novel is also notable because of its generic mixing: poetry that is essential to the story’s development is interspersed throughout, and Robinson published these poems separately in newspaper poetry columns to popular and critical acclaim.

Walsingham charts the story of its eponymous hero from his humble birth to his

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Citation: Prefontaine, Carrie-Ann. "Walsingham". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 November 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8680, accessed 26 November 2024.]

Mary Robinson, Walsingham

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