Later Manuscripts

Author:   Jane Austen ,  Janet Todd ,  Linda Bree
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107620407


Pages:   874
Publication Date:   30 May 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Later Manuscripts


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The manuscripts that survive from Jane Austen's maturity offer a unique insight into her life as a creative writer. This volume collects together all the literary manuscripts from Austen's adult years (with the exception of the cancelled chapters of Persuasion, in this edition printed with the finished novel), together with letters discussing the art of fiction, and her record of responses to her novels. Included here are the novella Lady Susan, the novel fragments of The Watsons and Sanditon, poems and charades, and the comic 'Plan of a Novel'. In an appendix are collected other works ascribed to Austen, including the play Sir Charles Grandison and three prayers. The introduction offers a history of the manuscripts and a full account of the current state of scholarship on them, and the texts are accompanied by explanatory notes and contextual information.

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Author:   Jane Austen ,  Janet Todd ,  Linda Bree
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   1.090kg
ISBN:  

9781107620407


ISBN 10:   1107620406
Pages:   874
Publication Date:   30 May 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chronology; Introduction; Note on the text; The Fiction: Lady Susan; The Watsons; Sanditon; Poems and Charades: Poems; Charades; Austen on Fiction: To Mrs. Hunter of Norwich; Letters on Fiction; Plan of a Novel; Opinions of Mansfield Park; Opinions of Emma; Appendices: A. Transcription of The Watsons; B. Transcription of Sanditon; C. Sir Charles Grandison; D. Prayers; E. Family poems; F. Attributed poems; Corrections and emendations; Explanatory notes.

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'... a fine and meticulous edition ...' News Letter, The Jane Austen Society


'... a fine and meticulous edition ...' News Letter, The Jane Austen Society The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen performs an admirable service for readers--and particularly scholars - of Austen. It is a service that will no doubt last for generations to come. -Devoney Looser, University of Missouri, Editionen in der Kritik In what is probably the most venturesome and rewarding volume in the splendid Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen, Todd and Bree present scrupulously re-edited texts of Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sandition, along with line-by-line transcriptions of the manuscripts of the last two, which allow readers to appreciate Austen's habits of revision. They also present Austen's letters and brief essays on fiction, and texts of her 18 poems and the late charades...[The editors] have provided both the best introduction to these later works of Austen and the most satisfying reading-texts of them to date. --Choice


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Janet Todd is Professor of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen. Linda Bree is Publisher for Literature at Cambridge University Press.

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