Frances Burney and the Arts

“Francis Burney and the Arts is a scholarly and meticulous examination of the doctrinal beliefs and practices of Francis Burney, as well as other members of the Burney family. … The book is written in a narrative style and features quoted letters and correspondences. Additionally, readers will find excerpts from personal documents such as diaries and journals throughout the text. … This academic publication is a valuable asset for any university or individual library … .” (M. Anjum Khan, THE QUILL, Vol. 1 (1), June, 2024)

“Ranging across a variety of topics and cultural objects ... this collection provides a welcome addition to Burney scholarship and to the material studies turn. ... On their own, each of these essays makes a fine contribution to the thriving discipline of Burney studies; taken together, they do more—asking that we rethink the category of art ... . a welcome reorientation toward a study of the arts, broadly construed, and the collective ways in which scholars might study them.” (Katarina O’Briain, Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol. 35 (3), 2023)

Francesca Saggini is Professor in English Literature at the Università della Tuscia, Italy, and Senior Associate at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, UK. Currently, she is Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She has published widely on modern and contemporary topics, including the award-winning Backstage in the Novel: Frances Burney and the Theatre Arts (2012 ).