Elizabeth Robins Pennell

An edited collection of interdisciplinary essays on the work of Elizabeth Robins Pennell, the American-born, London-based journalist, author, and aesthete who published (or co-published) over twenty books and a thousand periodical articles between the early 1880s and 1930. Pennell was a pioneer in the emerging field of cycle-touring literature, an important voice in late Victorian art criticism, an authority on James McNeill Whistler, a highly original food writer, and an accomplished biographer. This collection of essays, the first of its kind on Pennell, feature contributions from critics of English literature, art history, food writing, and American Studies. The volume furthers the rediscovery of a forgotten but significant voice in late Victorian letters and makes possible a new wave of Pennell scholarship.

“This is an outstanding collection, which stands out for its thoughtful range of topics, theoretically informed investigations and uniformly high quality of analysis. Well-chosen and excellently developed, the articles create an arc exploring Pennell's life and work, making this collection soar above what one might expect.”

--Talia Schaffer, Queens College, CUNY

Dave Buchanan is Assistant Professor at MacEwan University in Alberta, Canada.

Kimberly Morse-Jones is Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Sweet Briar College in Virginia.

Explores the broad range of Elizabeth Robins Pennell's diverse writing career and interests This collection brings together twelve original interdisciplinary essays on the work of Elizabeth Robins Pennell, the American-born, London-based journalist, author and aesthete who published (or co-published) over twenty books and over a thousand periodical articles between the early 1880s and 1930. It features contributions from critics of English literature, art history, food writing and American Studies. Presenting a transatlantic perspective on this transatlantic figure, the collection also provides critical discussions of several Pennell texts including her Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, Our Sentimental Journey, To Gipsyland, Over the Alps on a Bicycle and The Delights of Delicate Eating and The Lovers as well as her prolific periodical publishing. Dave Buchanan is Associate Professor of English at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta.Kimberly Morse Jones is Associate Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College in Virginia.

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