: Adaptation and Ownership from Sidney to Richardson
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\ Natasha Simonova
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; New York, NY
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: Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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vii, 225 p.
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:ill.
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Early Modern Literature in History
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The ebook format of this book is available
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Bibliography
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Index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Works of Another Hand 2. The 'Perfect-Unperfect' Arcadia 3. Approaches to Authorship in the Arcadia Continuations 4. Rogues and Pilgrims: Two Restoration Bestsellers 5. Samuel Richardson vs. the 'High Life Men' 6. Closing the Circle: Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison Conclusion: The Fall of the Sequel Notes Bibliography Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Early Modern Authorship and Prose Continuations provides the first in-depth account of fictional sequels in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Examining instances of stories being continued by someone other than the 'original' author, it asks precisely what this distinction has meant historically. Why have some continuations been defined as 'spurious,' and what can this tell us about the development of Early Modern attitudes towards authorship, originality, and narrative closure? Nuanced case studies spanning the period 1590 to 1760 explore paratextual disputes surrounding works by authors including Sir Philip Sidney, John Bunyan, and Samuel Richardson. Prefaces, commendatory verses, and correspondence provide evidence about the motivations of continuation-writers, the responses of authors and 'proprietors' to these texts, and the changing relationships between professional authors and their readers. Making connections between copyright law and literature, Early Modern Authorship and Prose Continuations thus serves as a valuable context for contemporary debates about 'fanfiction' and literary property"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Sequels (Literature) -- Authorship
Fiction -- Authorship
Law and literature
Literature -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
Authors and readers -- England -- History -- 17th century
Authors and readers -- England -- History -- 18th century
ادبیات انگلیسی -- انگلیسی جدید، ۱۵۰۰ - ۱۷۰۰م. -- تاریخ و نقد