Frances Burney's Cecilia a publishing history - Parisian, Catherine M. 1963- (Ashgate, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-352) and indexes
The history of a novel's entrance into the world : composing, printing, and publishing Cecilia -- The afterlife of a novel : post-copyright editions of Cecilia -- The history of a novel's travels abroad : foreign editions of Frances Burney's Cecilia -- Postcards from the masquerade : illustrated scenes and characters from Cecilia -- The facts of life : bibliographical descriptions of Cecilia, 1782-1999
Parisian mines an extensive archival record that includes portions of the original manuscript, annotated page proofs, legal records relative to its copyright, and an abundance of letters, to chronicle the composition, printing, and publication of Frances Burney's Cecilia from its first edition in 1782 to the present-day Oxford World's Classics paperback. Her timely history demonstrates the importance of Cecilia to the art of the novel and the history of the book