Early modern authorship and prose continuations : adaptation and ownership from Sidney to Richardson /

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 mean...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Simonova, Natasha, 1987- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:	Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:	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. LAW / Intellectual Property / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance. Authors and readers.

Table of Contents:

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.