Portraiture and British Gothic Fiction: The Rise of Picture Identification, 1764–1835

Note to the Reader

Note to the Reader Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century texts engage a variety of spelling and punctuation formats; English and American punctuation and spelling differ today. I have opted, as much as possible, to standardize the spelling and punctuation of the texts I cite rather than to follow their idiosyncrasies. Because this is a historical study, parenthetical dates indicate original publication dates rather than editions used; page numbers refer to editions in the bibliography. This page intentionally left blank Portraiture and British Gothic Fiction This page intentionally left blank ...