@article{8f996d7297144515a1030a92322ffad5,
title = "“I mourn their nature, but admire their art”: Anna Seward{\textquoteright}s Assertion of Critical Authority in Maturity and Old Age",
abstract = "In 1786 an anonymous correspondent appealed to Samuel Johnson{\textquoteright}s biographer James Boswell in the pages of the Gentleman{\textquoteright}s Magazine. Behind the pseudonym Benvolio was Anna Seward (1742-1809), one of the prominent poetical voices of Britain at the time. From 1786-87 and 1793-94, Seward and Boswell engaged in a public and gradually acrimonious dispute over Johnson{\textquoteright}s reputation. This article argues that at the core of the debates was Seward{\textquoteright}s assertion of her literary and critical authority, and I contend that age and gender played key roles in Boswell{\textquoteright}s dismissal of Seward{\textquoteright}s claim.",
keywords = "Age studies, Anna seward, Gentleman{\textquoteright}s magazine, James boswell, Samuel johnson",
author = "Serrat, \{Francesca Blanch\}",
note = "Funding Information: *The research for this article has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 805436), which is hereby gratefully acknowledged. The author would also like to sincerely thank Catherine Addington (University of Virginia) and Jos{\'e} Viera Betancor for their support and constructive criticism of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid. All right reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
day = "3",
doi = "10.24197/ersjes.40.2019.11-31",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "11--31",
}