The English Novel 1770-1829: A Bibliographical Survey of Prose Fiction Published in the British Isles Volume II: 1800-1829

ISBN-13: 9780198183181 / Twarda / 2000 / 768 str.

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Opis

This bibliography provides the first complete and copy-based record of the production of new English fiction in the period 1810-1829. The main listings include 2,256 entries, all but forty of which are based on examination of a first edition of the actual novel described. As a result of ten years of Anglo-German co-operation the bibliography makes especial use of the recently discovered collection of English novels of Schloss Corvey in Germany, whose holdings in English fiction 1796-1834 almost certainly exceed those held by any other library. This book also includes an extensive historical introduction by Peter Garside that offers a comprehensive overview of the main aspects of production, marketing and reception of fiction in the Romantic era.

Recenzje

For anyone interested in the history of the novel, the publication of The English Novel 1770-1829: A Bibliographical Survey is unquestionably a major event. ...we owe a debt to the present editors and the team they have assembled, who have meticulously trawled the globe for extant copies, and who have taken the utmost care in the presentation of the material. Covering the key consolidating decades in the rise of the novel, it has been a Herculean task. If ever a work deserved the phrase, a monument to modern scholarship, it is this one. ... Both volumes come with a long, introductory essay: ... they are significant works in themselves. ... The introductions are generously supplied with tables and graphs which help the reader grasp the major trends at a glance.

O autorze

Peter Garside is Reader in English Literature, Cardiff University James Raven is Reader in Social and Cultural History, University of Oxford Rainer Schöwerling is Professor of English Literature, University of Paderborn, Germany