Jane Austen's literary manuscripts : a study of the novelist's development through the surviving papers
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Jane Austen's literary manuscripts : a study of the novelist's development through the surviving papers
Athlone Press, 2001
New ed
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"Rev. ed."--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xiii]-xiv) and index
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Jane Austen's Literary Manuscripts remains the definitive account of the novelist's surviving papers. These date from 1787 to 1817, from the first beginnings to the very 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 attributed to Jane Austen by Brian Southam in 1977. In an appendix, Brian Southam discusses Mrs Leavis's theory concerning the relationship between Jane Austen's life and art, and between the juvenilia and the later novels.
Table of Contents
Preface to the New EditionPrefaceReferencesList of Manuscripts Used1. The Writing of the Juvenilia2. A Critical Study of the Juvenilia3. Lady Susan and the Lost Originals (1795 - 1800)4. The Watsons5. The Plan of the Novel6. The Two Chapters of Persuasion7. The Last Work, Sanditon8. Sir Charles GrandisonAppendix: Theories of Composition for Mansfield Park and Emma
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