English Review (18th century)
Magazine
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The English Review was a London literary magazine launched in 1783 by John Murray I, under the full title English Review, or Abstract of English and Foreign Literature. Its editor was Gilbert Stuart.
| Editor | Gilbert Stuart |
|---|---|
| Categories | English and foreign literature |
| Founded | 1783 |
| Final issue | 1796 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
Initially Stuart wrote much of the Review with William Thomson. He died in 1786.[1] Thomson carried it on, becoming proprietor in 1794. In 1796 the English Review was merged into the Analytical Review.[2]
Contributors
Some notable contributors to the magazine were:
- Thomas Beddoes[3]
- Edmund Cartwright[3]
- James Currie[2]
- William Godwin[2]
- Alexander Hamilton[3]
- John Hellins[3]
- Thomas Holcroft, dramatic criticism in the early numbers[2]
- John Obadiah Justamond[2]
- Robert Liston, foreign literature[3]
- John Logan, Scottish church politics[3]
- John Moore[2]
- John Whitaker[2]