Literary Relations

Frances Burney's Private Professionalism

“…15 While Spencer quite rightly identifies Charles Burney's instrumental role in destroying this 'snugship', I would argue that the term in fact stands not simply for 'anonymity' but for a very particular ideal of anonymity (albeit imperfect in practice) that is situated within the familial, domestic network and guaranteed by the privacy of that setting. As each new family member was let into the secret, she made them promise not to tell anyone else; but once her father knew, she did not feel it appropriate to extract a promise of secrecy from him.…”

“…Once it was clear that Evelina was a success, Charles Burney lost no time in making its authorship known to the circle of polite and literary London to which he had access. 15 While Spencer quite rightly identifies Charles Burney's instrumental role in destroying this 'snugship', I would argue that the term in fact stands not simply for 'anonymity' but for a very particular ideal of anonymity (albeit imperfect in practice) that is situated within the familial, domestic network and guaranteed by the privacy of that setting. It is the dissemination beyond that family network to which Burney most objects, although it is notable that she contrasts the 'censures' of Dr Lort unfavourably with 'the flattery I met with at Streatham' (i.e., from Johnson and Thrale), which 'would indeed have spoiled me for all other, by the delicacy of it's [sic] texture, had I been ever so greedy of it naturally' (EJL, vol.…”

Bupropion for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults

“…Despite the fact that psychostimulant medications are the mainstay of treatment, with a solid track record of safety and e icacy (Faraone 2004;Spencer 2005), they are either not e ective, or tolerated, in approximately 30% to 50% of all adults with ADHD (Biederman 2006). Acute dose-related psychiatric side e ects include nervousness, insomnia, psychosis and agitation; somatic side e ects include anorexia, weight loss, nausea, headaches and elevated blood pressure and heart rate (Ashton 2006).…”