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Readioff's examination of novelistic epigraphs proceeds from a remarkable evidence base: a survey of some 6000 works, more than three quarters of the novels known to have been published in the century from 1750 to 1850. From this, Readioff moves smoothly between statistical and critical modes, identifying critical moments in the development of the epigraph and overturning received wisdom about its decline. A masterful achievement, and a significant contribution to the study of the literary paratext.--Dennis Duncan, University College London

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Dr Corrina Readioff is an Honorary Associate at the University of Liverpool and specialises in eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature. She has published articles with the Review of English Studies, Swift Studies, and the Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies; in 2019 she co-founded the Eighteenth-Century Paratext Research Network. She is also a Contributing Editor to a volume of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift and is co-editing the Oxford History of Poetry in English Vol 6: Eighteenth-Century Poetry with Professor Christine Gerrard.

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