Frances Burney's Cecilia: a publishing history
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parisian, Catherine M. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate ©2012
Series:Ashgate studies in publishing history
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:xxi, 363 pages
ISBN:9781409418214
1409418219
9781409484073
1409484076
9781409418207
1409418200

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