Routledge - Politics and Genre in Elizabeth Hamilton

Explore the literary legacy of Elizabeth Hamilton in this essential study by Claire Grogan. As the first book-length investigation of this popular British writer, this work fills a major gap in existing scholarship. It provides a new way to understand the role of the Romantic woman writer through a detailed look at Hamilton's diverse body of work. Between 1797 and 1818, Hamilton produced a wide variety of texts, ranging from novels and satires to historical and educational treatises and historical biography. Because Hamilton maintained a politically centrist position during a revolutionary era, she has often been overlooked by scholars who focus on authors fitting strictly into Jacobin or anti-Jacobin categories. This book corrects that imbalance, offering a deep look at how her genre choices and political stance shaped her place in literary history.