Jane Austen S Literary Manuscripts

Author : Brian Southam
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826425928

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Jane Austen's Literary Manuscripts by Brian Southam Pdf

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 attributed to Jane Austen by Brian Southam in 1977. In an appendix, Southam discusses Mrs Leavis's theory concerning the relationship between Jane Austen's life and art, and between the juvenilia and the later novels.

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781554810581

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Jane Austen's Manuscript Works by Jane Austen Pdf

When Jane Austen died, at the age of 41, she left behind her not only six novels but a large number of manuscripts, ranging from juvenile works to the novel that she was writing at the time of her final illness. The six published novels are now undisputed classics. The manuscripts, however, despite the extraordinary writing they contain and the way in which they illuminate Jane Austen’s work as a novelist, are much less well known. From the brilliance of the juvenilia to the urbane modernity of ‘Sanditon’ these works show Austen pushing the conventional boundaries of fiction, exploring the implications of vulgarity and violence, experimenting with different styles and tones, and practicing and refining her arts of narrative. This Broadview Edition includes “Lady Susan,’ “The Watsons,” “Sanditon,” and ten important early manuscript works. Historical appendices include Austen’s letters on fiction; continuations written by Austen’s niece and nephew of two of her early works; and Sir Walter Scott’s important critical appraisal of Austen from 1816.

Author : Brian Charles Southam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:257406129

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Jane Austen's Literary Manuscripts by Brian Charles Southam Pdf

Author : B. C. Southam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : OCLC:1150096722

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Jane Austen's Literary Manuscripts by B. C. Southam Pdf

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1107620406

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Later Manuscripts by Jane Austen Pdf

The manuscripts that survive from Jane Austen's maturity offer a unique insight into her life as a creative writer. This volume collects together, for the first time, all the literary manuscripts from Austen's adult years (with the exception of the cancelled chapters of Persuasion, in this edition printed with the finished novel), together with letters discussing the art of fiction, and her record of responses to her novels. Included here are the novella 'Lady Susan', the novel fragments of 'The Watsons' and 'Sanditon', poems and charades, and the comic 'Plan of a Novel'. In an Appendix are collected other works ascribed to Austen, including the play 'Sir Charles Grandison' and three prayers. The introduction offers a history of the manuscripts and a full account of the current state of scholarship on them, and the texts are accompanied by explanatory notes and contextual information.

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:632447928

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Jane Austen's Fiction Manuscripts by Jane Austen Pdf

The "first substantial collection of writings in the author's own hand to survive for a British novelist. They represent every stage of her writing life, roughly 1787 to 1817; that is from childhood (aged 11 or 12) to the year of her death (aged 41). They display a wide variety of physical states: working drafts, fair copies, and crafted 'publications' for private circulation among family and friends. Laid out in conscious imitation or parody of the formal features of book design, and labelled by Austen Volume the First, Volume the Second, and Volume the Third, the teenage, handwritten notebooks (with the possible exception of Volume the Third) have long appeared to scholars to be finished artefacts. By contrast, most of the other manuscript writings consist of pre-print or rough drafts in various stages of development: the experimental novel later entitled The Watsons, a short, discarded section of Persuasion, and Sanditon, the final novel, unfinished when she died." The digital edition includes in the first instance all Jane Austen's known fiction manuscripts and any ancillary materials held with them, as follows: I. Volume the first. II. Volume the second. III. Volume the third. IV. Lady Susan. V. Susan. VI. The Watsons. VII. Persuasion. VIII. Sanditon. IX. Opinions of Mansfiled Park X. Opinions of Emma. XI. Plan of a novel. XII. Profits of my novels.

Author : B. C. Southam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123287323

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Jane Austen by B. C. Southam Pdf

Includes 'Lady Susan', 'The Watsons', 'Sir Charles Grandison' and 'Sanditon', this title presents commentary and detailed notes on the later manuscripts of Jane Austen.

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780789212016

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Volume the Third by Jane Austen by Jane Austen Pdf

For the first time, Jane Austen’s brilliant early manuscripts are available in beautiful facsimile editions. Forever immortalized as the author of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen actually produced her first “books” as a teenager. Taking their names from the inscriptions on their covers—Volume the First, Volume the Second, and Volume the Third—these brilliant little collections include the stories, playlets, verses, and moral fragments she wrote likely from the ages of twelve to eighteen. As a young author, Jane Austen delighted in language, employing it with great humor and surprising skill. She was adept at parodying the popular stories of her day and entertained her readers with outrageous plotlines and characters. Kathryn Sutherland places Austen’s earliest works in context and explains how she mimicked even the style and manner in which this contemporary popular fiction was presented and arranged on the page. Volume the Third, written when Austen was sixteen, includes two stories: “Evelyn” and “Kitty, or the Bower” (or “Catharine”). The manuscript is also held at the British Library. This volume includes text written by her niece, Anna Lefroy, who contributes an addition to "Evelyn." None of her six famous novels survives in complete manuscript form. This is a unique opportunity to own likenesses of Jane Austen’s notebooks as originally written—in her own hand. Learn more about the other books in the In Her Own Hand series: Volume the First and Volume the Second. All three volumes are also available in the In Her Own Hand series boxed set.

Author : Syrie James
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061857430

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The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James Pdf

Many rumors abound about a mysterious gentleman said to be the love of Jane's life—finally, the truth may have been found. . . . What if, hidden in an old attic chest, Jane Austen's memoirs were discovered after hundreds of years? What if those pages revealed the untold story of a life-changing love affair? That's the premise behind this spellbinding novel, which delves into the secrets of Jane Austen's life, giving us untold insights into her mind and heart. Jane Austen has given up her writing when, on a fateful trip to Lyme, she meets the well-read and charming Mr. Ashford, a man who is her equal in intellect and temperament. Inspired by the people and places around her, and encouraged by his faith in her, Jane begins revising Sense and Sensibility, a book she began years earlier, hoping to be published at last. Deft and witty, written in a style that echoes Austen's own, this unforgettable novel offers a delightfully possible scenario for the inspiration behind this beloved author's romantic tales. It's a remarkable book, irresistible to anyone who loves Jane Austen—and to anyone who loves a great story.

Author : Jan Fergus,J. Luke Wood
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781349216659

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Jane Austen by Jan Fergus,J. Luke Wood Pdf

Previous biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context. This biography places her firmly within her professional context as one of an increasing number of women who published novels between 1790 and 1820. Being a professional writer was, apart from her family, more important to Austen than anything else in her life.

Author : Bridget Draxler,Danielle Spratt
Publisher : Humanities and Public Life
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781609386146

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Engaging the Age of Jane Austen by Bridget Draxler,Danielle Spratt Pdf

Humanities scholars, in general, often have a difficult time explaining to others why their work matters, and eighteenth-century literary scholars are certainly no exception. To help remedy this problem, literary scholars Bridget Draxler and Danielle Spratt offer this collection of essays to defend the field's relevance and demonstrate its ability to help us better understand current events, from the proliferation of media to ongoing social justice battles. The result is a book that offers a range of approaches to engaging with undergraduates, non-professionals, and broader publics into an appreciation of eighteenth-century literature. Essays draw on innovative projects ranging from a Jane Austen reading group held at the public library to students working with an archive to digitize an overlooked writer's novel. Reminding us that the eighteenth century was an exhilarating age of lively political culture--marked by the rise of libraries and museums, the explosion of the press, and other platforms for public intellectual debates--Draxler and Spratt provide a book that will not only be useful to eighteenth-century scholars, but can also serve as a model for other periods as well. This book will appeal to librarians, archivists, museum directors, scholars, and others interested in digital humanities in the public life. Contributors: Gabriela Almendarez, Jessica Bybee, Nora Chatchoomsai, Gillian Dow, Bridget Draxler, Joan Gillespie, Larisa Good, Elizabeth K. Goodhue, Susan Celia Greenfield, Liz Grumbach, Kellen Hinrichsen, Ellen Jarosz, Hannah Jorgenson, John C. Keller, Naz Keynejad, Stephen Kutay, Chuck Lewis, Nicole Linton, Devoney Looser, Whitney Mannies, Ai Miller, Tiffany Ouellette, Carol Parrish, Paul Schuytema, David Spadafora, Danielle Spratt, Anne McKee Stapleton, Jessica Stewart, Colleen Tripp, Susan Twomey, Nikki JD White, Amy Weldon

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Children's writings, English
ISBN : UCAL:B4104277

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Volume the First by Jane Austen Pdf

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199680922

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Jane Austen's Fiction Manuscripts by Jane Austen Pdf

Kathryn Sutherland presents an edition of the fiction manuscripts of Jane Austen: the first substantial collection of autograph writings to survive for a British novelist. Volume I contains the introductory material to the edition, three original essays, and the facsimile and facing-page transcription of Volume the First.

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1075 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191611131

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Catharine and Other Writings by Jane Austen Pdf

Jane Austen began writing in her early teens, and filled three notebooks with her fiction. Her earliest work reflects her interest in the novel as a genre; in brilliant short pieces she plays with plots, stock characters, diction, and style, developing a sense of form at a remarkably early age. The characters of these stories have a jaunty and never-failing devotion to themselves. They perpetually lie, cheat, steal - and occasionally commit murder. Throughout these short or unfinished pieces, Austen exhibits her sense of the preposterous in life and fiction with tough-mindedness and robust humour. Alice, the mock-heroine of Jack and Alice has `many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them'. In her later published fiction, Austen had learned to take demands for propriety seriously, reining in whatever might be thought boisterous or coarse. Here we see Jane Austen without her inhibitions. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection also contains many of Jane Austen's poems, written to amuse or console friends, and rarely reprinted. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts and edited to give a number of new readings. The notes recreate the texture of daily life in Jane Austen's age, and demonstrate her knowledge of the fiction of her time. The introduction by Margaret Anne Doody sets the writings within the context of Jane Austen's life and literary career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Syrie James
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101618851

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The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen by Syrie James Pdf

The minute I saw the letter, I knew it was hers. There was no mistaking it: the salutation, the tiny, precise handwriting, the date, the content itself, all confirmed its ancient status and authorship… Samantha McDonough cannot believe her eyes--or her luck. Tucked in an uncut page of a two-hundred-year old poetry book is a letter she believes was written by Jane Austen, mentioning with regret a manuscript that "went missing at Greenbriar in Devonshire." Could there really be an undiscovered Jane Austen novel waiting to be found? Could anyone resist the temptation to go looking for it? Making her way to the beautiful, centuries-old Greenbriar estate, Samantha finds it no easy task to sell its owner, the handsome yet uncompromising Anthony Whitaker, on her wild idea of searching for a lost Austen work--until she mentions its possible million dollar value. After discovering the unattributed manuscript, Samantha and Anthony are immediately absorbed in the story of Rebecca Stanhope, daughter of a small town rector, who is about to encounter some bittersweet truths about life and love. As they continue to read the newly discovered tale from the past, a new one unfolds in the present--a story that just might change both of their lives forever.