Simonova Early Modern Authorship and Prose Continuations

Adaptation and Ownership from Sidney to Richardson
2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-47413-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 225 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Early Modern Literature in History

The first in-depth account of fictional sequels in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this examines cases of prose fiction works being continued by multiple writers, reading them for evidence of Early Modern attitudes towards authorship, originality, and literary property.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simonova, N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Works of Another Hand 2. The 'Perfect-Unperfect' Arcadia 3. Approaches to Authorship in the Arcadia Continuations 4. Rogues and Pilgrims: Two Restoration Bestsellers 5. Samuel Richardson vs. the 'High Life Men' 6. Closing the Circle: Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison Conclusion: The Fall of the Sequel Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Natasha Simonova completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, where she currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. She also writes fiction.