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The Resource Early works, Samuel Richardson ; edited by Alexander Pettit, (electronic resource)

Early works, Samuel Richardson ; edited by Alexander Pettit, (electronic resource)

Label
Early works
Title
Early works
Statement of responsibility
Samuel Richardson ; edited by Alexander Pettit
Creator
Contributor
Language
eng
Summary
"This is the first edition to assemble all of the earliest known works by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761), one of the most influential authors in the English tradition. Richardson's exercises in conduct-writing, religious controversialism, anti-theatrical polemic, occasional verse, literary criticism - and his popular and surprisingly revealing edition of Aesop's Fables - resonate throughout his later work while claiming ample legitimacy of their own. Readers familiar with only Pamela, Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison will gain a fresh appreciation of the genesis of and the historical and cultural complexities at work in these famous novels, and readers new to Richardson will encounter an agile writer who invites closer consideration. A lengthy introduction situates the constituent works in Richardson's career as well as in the period more broadly, and the extensive textual apparatus records the bibliographical histories of the texts and their treatment by their present editor"--
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Provided by publisher
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1689-1761
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Richardson, Samuel
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1958-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Pettit, Alexander
Series statement
The Cambridge edition of the works of Samuel Richardson
Series volume
1
Label
Early works, Samuel Richardson ; edited by Alexander Pettit, (electronic resource)
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Machine generated contents note: General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of abbreviations; General introduction; Textual introduction; The Apprentice's Vade Mecum (1733); A Seasonable Examination of the Pleas and Pretensions (1735); Verses from The Gentleman's Magazine (1736); Preface to Aubin, A Collection of Entertaining Histories and Novels (1739); Aesop's Fables (1739); Letters Written to and for Particular Friends (1741); Six Original Letters upon Duelling (1765); Appendix. The Infidel Convicted (1731); Emendations; Word-division; Bibliographical descriptions of early editions; Explanatory notes; Index
Control code
ssj0000614241
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (civ, 742 p.)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9780521830522
Lccn
2011033567
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssj0000614241
Label
Early works, Samuel Richardson ; edited by Alexander Pettit, (electronic resource)
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Machine generated contents note: General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of abbreviations; General introduction; Textual introduction; The Apprentice's Vade Mecum (1733); A Seasonable Examination of the Pleas and Pretensions (1735); Verses from The Gentleman's Magazine (1736); Preface to Aubin, A Collection of Entertaining Histories and Novels (1739); Aesop's Fables (1739); Letters Written to and for Particular Friends (1741); Six Original Letters upon Duelling (1765); Appendix. The Infidel Convicted (1731); Emendations; Word-division; Bibliographical descriptions of early editions; Explanatory notes; Index
Control code
ssj0000614241
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (civ, 742 p.)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9780521830522
Lccn
2011033567
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssj0000614241

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