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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne, Sir Christopher Ricks ...

'L-d! said my mother, what is all this story about? - A COCK and a BULL, said Yorick - And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard'Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative ... Read more

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'L-d! said my mother, what is all this story about? - A COCK and a BULL, said Yorick - And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard'Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative
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The Age of Johnson

A Scholarly Annual (Volume 25)

by J.V. Hirschmann, M.C. Lang, Paul Tankard, Michael Cop, Matthew Davis, Stephen Clarke, Mona Scheuermann, Brian Glover, Melvyn New, Jonathan Wales, Sarah Winter, Adam Potkay, Catherine Parisian ...

Series series The Age of Johnson
For more than twenty years, The Age of Johnson has aspired to present to a wide readership a body of influential Johnsonian scholarship “in the broadest sense,” as founder Paul J. Korshin put it. In keeping with this sentiment, volume 25 contains cant-free scholarly articles and essays written by both leaders in the field and emerging scholars, among them a London barrister and a medical school ... Read more

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For more than twenty years, The Age of Johnson has aspired to present to a wide readership a body of influential Johnsonian scholarship “in the broadest sense,” as founder Paul J. Korshin put it. In keeping with this sentiment, volume 25 contains cant-free scholarly articles and essays written by both leaders in the field and emerging scholars, among them a London barrister and a medical school
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Apphia Peach, George Lord Lyttelton, and 'The Correspondents'

An Annotated Edition of a Forgotten Gem (1775)

by Melvyn New ...

This book is an annotated edition of The Correspondents: An Original Novel (1775), a work, as the introduction argues, derived from A Sentimental Journey, and one of the best of the many later efforts to capture Sterne’s unique blend of sensibility and sensuality. The introduction will make the case for its authorship being an actual exchange of love letters between George Lord Lyttelton (1709 ... Read more

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This book is an annotated edition of The Correspondents: An Original Novel (1775), a work, as the introduction argues, derived from A Sentimental Journey, and one of the best of the many later efforts to capture Sterne’s unique blend of sensibility and sensuality. The introduction will make the case for its authorship being an actual exchange of love letters between George Lord Lyttelton (1709
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Notes on Footnotes

Annotating Eighteenth-Century Literature

Edited by Melvyn New, Anthony W. Lee ...

Series series Penn State Series in the History of the Book
This collection presents fourteen essays on annotating eighteenth-century literature. Authored by editors and annotators of current standard editions—such as California’s Works of John Dryden, the Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne, and the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson—this book explores theoretical perspectives on critical editing and the practical work of annotation. ... Read more

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This collection presents fourteen essays on annotating eighteenth-century literature. Authored by editors and annotators of current standard editions—such as California’s Works of John Dryden, the Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne, and the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson—this book explores theoretical perspectives on critical editing and the practical work of annotation.
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Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey

A Legacy to the World

by Shaun Regan, Julia Banister, Glynis Ridley, Chris Ewers, Alexander Hardie-Forsyth, Fraser Easton, Jennifer Preston Wilson, Melvyn New, Peter Budrin, Paul Goring, Pat Rogers ...

Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850
Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy continues to be as widely read and admired as upon its first appearance. Deemed more accessible than Sterne’s Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and often assigned as a college text, A Sentimental Journey has received its share of critical attention, but—unlike *Tristram Shandy—*to date it has not been the subject of a ... Read more

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Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy continues to be as widely read and admired as upon its first appearance. Deemed more accessible than Sterne’s Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and often assigned as a college text, A Sentimental Journey has received its share of critical attention, but—unlike *Tristram Shandy—*to date it has not been the subject of a
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Mary Astell and John Norris

Letters Concerning the Love of God

by Melvyn New ...

Series series The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions
Given the progress made in recent years in recovering the writings of early modern women, one might expect that a complete set of the important works of Mary Astell (1666-1731) would have been reissued long before now. Instead, only portions of the thought of the 'First English Feminist' have reached a wide academic audience. This volume presents a critical and annotated edition of the ... Read more

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Given the progress made in recent years in recovering the writings of early modern women, one might expect that a complete set of the important works of Mary Astell (1666-1731) would have been reissued long before now. Instead, only portions of the thought of the 'First English Feminist' have reached a wide academic audience. This volume presents a critical and annotated edition of the
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Theology and Literature in the Age of Johnson

Resisting Secularism

by Melvyn New, Donald R. Wehrs, John A. Dussinger, Regina Janes, E. Derek Taylor, Robert G. Walker, Patrick Müller, Steven Scherwatzky, Katherine Kickel0, Nicholas Seager1, Geoff Newton2, Ryan J. Stark3, Brett C. McInelly4, Paul Tankard5, Deborah Heller6, Frans de Bruyn7, Roger D. Lund8, Nathalie Zimpfer9 ...

Theology and Literature in the Age of Johnson: Resisting Secularism contains seventeen essays exploring the complex relationships between literary intentions and theological concerns of authors writing in the second half of the eighteenth century. The diversity of literary forms and subjects, from Fielding and Richardson to Burke and Wollstonecraft, is matched by a diversity of approaches and ... Read more

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Theology and Literature in the Age of Johnson: Resisting Secularism contains seventeen essays exploring the complex relationships between literary intentions and theological concerns of authors writing in the second half of the eighteenth century. The diversity of literary forms and subjects, from Fielding and Richardson to Burke and Wollstonecraft, is matched by a diversity of approaches and
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Sterne, Tristram, Yorick

Tercentenary Essays on Laurence Sterne

by Ashleigh Blackwood, Robert Chibka, Amelia Dale, Stephanie DeGooyer, John Owen Havard, Christoph Henke, Tom Keymer, Elizabeth Kraft, Jakub Lipski, Ray McDermott, Brian Michael Norton, Pat Rogers, Artem Serebrennikov, Donald R. Wehrs ...

Sterne, Tristram, Yorick: Tercentenary Essays on Laurence Sterne derives from the Laurence Sterne Tercentenary Conference held at Royal Holloway, University of London, on July 8–11, 2013. It was attended by some eighty scholars from fourteen countries; the conference heard more than sixty papers. The organizers invited participants to submit revised versions of their contributions for this volume, ... Read more

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Sterne, Tristram, Yorick: Tercentenary Essays on Laurence Sterne derives from the Laurence Sterne Tercentenary Conference held at Royal Holloway, University of London, on July 8–11, 2013. It was attended by some eighty scholars from fourteen countries; the conference heard more than sixty papers. The organizers invited participants to submit revised versions of their contributions for this volume,
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1650-1850

Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era (Volume 26)

by Norbert Col, Andrew Connell, Taylor Corse, Matthew Davis, Michael Edson, Melvyn New, Mark A. Pedreira, Linda L. Reesman, Adam Rounce, Robin Runia, Jacob Sider Jost, Gefen Bar-On Santor, Ashley Bender, John Burke, Greg Clingham, Gloria Eive, Sören Hammerschmidt, Malcolm Jack, Christopher Johnson, Robin Mills, John Sitter, Paul deGategno ...

Series Book 26 - 1650-1850
Volume 26 of 1650–1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era travels beyond the usual discussions of power, identity, and cultural production to visit the purlieus and provinces of Britain’s literary empire. Bulging at its bindings are essays investigating out-of-the-way but influential ensembles, whether female religious enthusiasts, annotators of Maria Edgeworth’s ... Read more

$107.99 USD

Volume 26 of 1650–1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era travels beyond the usual discussions of power, identity, and cultural production to visit the purlieus and provinces of Britain’s literary empire. Bulging at its bindings are essays investigating out-of-the-way but influential ensembles, whether female religious enthusiasts, annotators of Maria Edgeworth’s
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The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson

Edited by Greg Clingham ...

Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson, first published in 1997, provides an introduction to the works and intellectual life of one of the most challenging and wide-ranging writers in English literary history. Compiler of the first great English dictionary, editor of Shakespeare, biographer and critic of the English poets, author both of the influential journal Rambler and the popular fiction ... Read more

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The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson, first published in 1997, provides an introduction to the works and intellectual life of one of the most challenging and wide-ranging writers in English literary history. Compiler of the first great English dictionary, editor of Shakespeare, biographer and critic of the English poets, author both of the influential journal Rambler and the popular fiction
... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Samuel Johnson

Edited by Jack Lynch ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
No major author worked in more genres than Samuel Johnson--essays, poetry, fiction, criticism, biography, scholarly editing, lexicography, translation, sermons, journalism. His works are more extensive than those of any other canonical English writer, and no earlier writer's life was documented as thoroughly by contemporaries. Because it's so difficult to know him thoroughly, people have made do ... Read more

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No major author worked in more genres than Samuel Johnson--essays, poetry, fiction, criticism, biography, scholarly editing, lexicography, translation, sermons, journalism. His works are more extensive than those of any other canonical English writer, and no earlier writer's life was documented as thoroughly by contemporaries. Because it's so difficult to know him thoroughly, people have made do
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The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson

Edited by Greg Clingham ...

Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find the New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson deeply informed and appealingly written. Each newly commissioned chapter explores aspects of Johnson's writing and thought, including his ethical grasp of life, his views of language, the roots of his ideas in Renaissance humanism, and his skeptical-humane style. Among the themes engaged are ... Read more

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Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find the New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson deeply informed and appealingly written. Each newly commissioned chapter explores aspects of Johnson's writing and thought, including his ethical grasp of life, his views of language, the roots of his ideas in Renaissance humanism, and his skeptical-humane style. Among the themes engaged are
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