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- Title
‘Owing the Comforts of Life to Art’: Elizabeth Helme’s Critical Reception and the Practice of Writing.
- Authors
Paz, Carme Font
- Abstract
In the context of the rise of the novel in eighteenth-century Britain, this article examines the understudied production of Elizabeth Helme (c. 1743-1814), who enjoyed a long and successful career as a translator, essayist, and writer of novels. Special attention will be paid to Helme’s reception in the English press and the translations of her novels into Spanish and French. It will further argue that Helme’s own practice as author, translator, and translated author configured a synergy of knowledge-building that allowed her to articulate her own style as a writer and posed a critical reflection about the art of writing in her non-fiction pieces, particularly in The Fruits of Reflection (1809) that remains largely unexplored. More generally, Helme’s eclectic approach is indicative of the ways in which eighteenth-century translation and writing practice can foster reflection on literary theory and criticism by confronting the author with the function of her own work.
- Subjects
LITERARY theory; CRITICAL thinking; FRENCH fiction; NONFICTION writing; ESSAYISTS
- Publication
Enthymema, 2022, Issue 31, p101
- ISSN
2037-2426
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54103/2037-2426/19003