A celebration of Frances Burney / edited by Lorna J. Clark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Lorna J.

Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.

Burney, Fanny.

Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.

Summary:

On the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the writer Frances Burney (1752-1840), a window to her memory was placed in the arched recess of stained glass that graces Poets' Corner. Novelist, playwright and diarist, Frances Burney is one of the few women accorded such an honour. She joins the likes of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot who might in some ways be seen as her literary heirs. Burney's journey to recognition on the stage of the world has been a long one, crowned finally with triumph. The service marked the mid-point of a two-day conference in which various aspects of Burney's life and achievement were canvassed. Her journals and letters, her novels and plays (both comedies and tragedies), her life, family and context were all given serious scholarly treatment. This volume includes the papers presented at the conference, which cover the many facets of a remarkable career and represent the broad spectrum of scholarly approaches to the entire opus of Frances Burney. It shows how far Burney has come from being dismissed as a minor precursor to Jane Austen to being recognized in her own right as a powerful, complex and influential writer, whose works had considerable impact on her own and subsequent generations.

Contents:

Journals and Letters

Joyce Hemlow and the McGill Burney Project / Lars Troide 10

Giving Voice to Nobody: The Authority of Authorship in The Early Journal / Leslie Robertson 18

Matter for Comment and Observation: Frances Burney before Evelina / Linda Katrizky 28

Family

Frances and Sarah Harriet Burney: The Novels in the Family and the Family in the Novels / Lorna J. Clark 38

Erasing the Stepmother Story: Frances Burney and Elizabeth Allen / Marilyn Francus 57

Men of Feeling: From Alexandre d'Arblay's Strength to Albert Harleigh's Weakness / Kevin Jordan 74

Novels

Reading Frances Burney / Justine Crump 88

Monkeys, Bullfinches, Cats, and Dogs in Frances Burney's Fiction / Barbara K. Seeber 100

Persuasion and Power: The Significance of the Mentor in Three Novels by Frances Burney / Helen Cooper 112

Comedy and Tragedy

Burney's Comic Genius / Audrey Bilger 126

Retrenchment and Authenticity in Burney's Love and Fashion / Alexander H. Pitofsky 134

Miss Ellis and the Actress. For a Theatrical Reading of The Wanderer / Francesca Saggini 141

Life

Fanny Goes Dipping-Evelina does not: Burney's Attitude to the Pursuit of Sea-bathing in her Life and Writings / Hester Davenport 158

The Trajectory of Romance: Burney and Thrale / Betty Rizzo 171

Making an Entrance: Frances Burney and Samuel Johnson / Freya Johnston 184

Context

Frances Burney and Professional Men: From Dr. Lyster to Mr. Naird, the Surgeon / Brian McCrea 198

"'Real Illness, Now? Or Only a Pretext'": Malady in Frances Burney's Novels / Victoria Kortes-Papp 210

"The inimitable Miss Larolles": Frances Burney and Jane Austen / John Wiltshire 218.

Notes:

Papers presented at a 2002 conference to celebrate Frances Burney's 250th birthday.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-236).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781847183200

1847183204

OCLC:

231166258

Publisher Number:

99946393750