Jane Austen's literary manuscripts : a study of the novelist's development through the surviving papers / by B.C. Southam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Southam, B. C.

Series:

Continuum studies in Jane Austen.

Continuum studies in Jane Austen

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--Technique.

Fiction.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Criticism, Textual.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Manuscripts.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Technique.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

New ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Athlone Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jane Austen's Literary Manuscripts remains the definitive account of the novelist's surviving papers. These date from 1787 to 1817, from the first beginning to the veyr end of her writing career. Their evidence considerably deepens our understanding of the imaginative process that stands behind the composition of the great novels. In Sanditon, the last work, we see the promise of a further and startling development in her art. The influence of her childhood reading and home life is considered in the first chapter, and a further new chapter examines Sir Charles Grandison, a work newly attribute

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION (2001); PREFACE; REFERENCES; LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS USED; 1. The Writing of the Juvenilia; 2. A Critical Study of the Juvenilia; 3. Lady Susan and the Lost Originals 1795-1800; 4. The Watsons; 5. The Plan of a Novel; 6. The Two Chapters of Persuasion; 7. The Last Work, Sanditon; 8. Sir Charles Grandison; APPENDIX. Theories of Composition for Mansfield Park and Emma; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611784201

9781281784209

1281784206

9780826425928

0826425925

OCLC:

320324991