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The complete plays of Frances Burney / edited by Peter Sabor ; contributing editor, Geoffrey M. Sill.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.
Contributor:
Sabor, Peter.
Sill, Geoffrey M., 1944-
Cooke, Stewart J.
Standardized Title:
Plays
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English drama (Comedy)--18th century.
English drama (Tragedy)--18th century.
English literature--18th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (783 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995-
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This two-volume set of the comedies and tragedies of Frances Burney (1752-1840) reveals her remarkable, yet little-known, talent as a dramatist. Compiled from the original manuscripts, it includes a substantial general introduction, headnotes to each play, explanatory notes, and variant readings.
Contents:
""Volume I""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Short Titles""; ""General Introduction""; ""Textual Introduction""; ""Chronology""; ""The Witlings (1778�80)""; ""Love and Fashion (1798�99)""; ""The Woman-Hater (1800�02)""; ""A Busy Day (1800�02)""; ""Appendix: Literary Allusions in The Witlings and The Woman-Hater""; ""Volume II""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Edwy and Elgiva (1788�95)""; ""Hubert De Vere (1790�97)""; ""The Siege of Pevensey (1790�91)""; ""Elberta (1791�1814)""; ""Appendix: The Triumphant Toadeater (1798)""
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-7735-6555-8
OCLC:
191819199

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