_Introduction_
R. F. Brissenden.
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Description
This volume is not Richardson's novel itself, but a scholarly reprint of its framing matter. The Augustan Reprint Society issued it as publication number 103, from the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1964. R. F. Brissenden of the Australian National University at Canberra wrote the introduction. The general editors were Richard C. Boys, Earl R. Miner, Maximillian E. Novak, and Lawrence Clark Powell.
The reprint gives Samuel Richardson's Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript, with footnotes to the introduction. Notes cite William Merritt Sale's bibliographical record of Richardson's career, the Hints of Prefaces, and the postscript to the fourth edition. Warburton's preface, as reproduced in Prefaces to Fiction, is also in view. The book suits students of the novel's making, not readers seeking the story itself.
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| CREATOR | R. F. Brissenden. |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 112 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |