Jane Austen's literary manuscripts : a study of the novelist's development through the surviving papers /

Jane Austen''s Literary Manuscripts remains the definitive account of the novelist''s surviving papers. These date from 1787 to 1817, from the first beginning to the veyr end of her writing career. Their evidence considerably deepens our understanding of the imaginative process t...

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Main Author: Southam, B. C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Athlone Press, 2001.
Edition:New ed.
Series:Continuum studies in Jane Austen.
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Summary:Jane Austen''s Literary Manuscripts remains the definitive account of the novelist''s surviving papers. These date from 1787 to 1817, from the first beginning to the veyr 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 attribu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 159 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780826425928
0826425925
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.