TY - JOUR

T1 - John Brown's 'Description of the Lake at Keswick'

T2 - New Clues and Clarifications

AU - Donaldson, Christopher Elliott

N1 - This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The Library following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Christopher Donaldson, John Brown's Description of the Lake at Keswick: New Clues and Clarifications, The Library, Volume 20, Issue 4, December 2019, Pages 462–474 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/library/article/20/4/462/5673309

PY - 2019/12/1

Y1 - 2019/12/1

N2 - This article reports on the discovery of hitherto undocumented printings of John Brown’s 'Description of the Lake at Keswick'. Brown’s account of Keswick has long been recognised as a foundational document in the development of interest in the English Lake District during the eighteenth century. Such recognition notwithstanding, the history of Brown’s Description has not been fully documented and this lack of documentation has led to a number of mistaken assumptions about the text. The purpose of the present article is, therefore, not only to update the bibliographical record, but also to clarify a few inaccuracies in previous discussions of Brown’s account. In the process, the article explains how the early versions of Brown’s Description add a new dimension to the reception history of the text and, moreover, shift our understanding of the way the private circulation of unpublished print informed eighteenth-century appreciations of the Lakes region. The article includes an appendix, which presents a copy of the early printings of Brown’s text with a concise commentary.

AB - This article reports on the discovery of hitherto undocumented printings of John Brown’s 'Description of the Lake at Keswick'. Brown’s account of Keswick has long been recognised as a foundational document in the development of interest in the English Lake District during the eighteenth century. Such recognition notwithstanding, the history of Brown’s Description has not been fully documented and this lack of documentation has led to a number of mistaken assumptions about the text. The purpose of the present article is, therefore, not only to update the bibliographical record, but also to clarify a few inaccuracies in previous discussions of Brown’s account. In the process, the article explains how the early versions of Brown’s Description add a new dimension to the reception history of the text and, moreover, shift our understanding of the way the private circulation of unpublished print informed eighteenth-century appreciations of the Lakes region. The article includes an appendix, which presents a copy of the early printings of Brown’s text with a concise commentary.

U2 - 10.1093/library/20.4.462

DO - 10.1093/library/20.4.462

M3 - Journal article

VL - 20

SP - 462

EP - 474

JO - The Library

JF - The Library

SN - 0024-2160

IS - 4

ER -