English Review (18th century)
The English Review was a London literary magazine launched in 1783 by John Murray I, under the full title English Review, or Abstract of English and Foreign Literature. Its editor was Gilbert Stuart.
| Editor | Gilbert Stuart |
|---|---|
| Categories | English and Foreign Literature |
| Founded | 1783 |
| Final issue | 1796 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
Initially Stuart wrote much of the Review with William Thomson. He died in 1786.[1] Thomson carried it on, becoming proprietor in 1794. In 1796 the English Review was merged into the Analytical Review.[2]
Contributors
Some notable contributors to the magazine were:
- Thomas Beddoes[3]
- Edmund Cartwright[3]
- James Currie[2]
- William Godwin[2]
- Alexander Hamilton[3]
- John Hellins[3]
- Thomas Holcroft, dramatic criticism in the early numbers[2]
- John Obadiah Justamond[2]
- Robert Liston, foreign literature[3]
- John Logan, Scottish church politics[3]
- John Moore[2]
- John Whitaker[2]
References
- J. Gunn (1 July 1983). Beyond Liberty and Property: The Process of Self-Recognition in Eighteenth-Century Political Thought. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-7735-1006-7. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- Derek Roper (1978). Reviewing before the Edinburgh, 1788-1802. University of Delaware Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-87413-128-4. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- William Zachs (1992). Without Regard to Good Manners: A Biography of Gilbert Stuart 1743–1786. Edinburgh University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-74860-319-0.
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