Correspondence Primarily on Sir Charles Grandison(1750–1754)

First complete scholarly edition of Samuel Richardson's miscellaneous correspondence surrounding his final novel, The History of Sir Charles Grandison.

Samuel Richardson (Author), Betty A. Schellenberg (Edited by)

9780521832182, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 December 2014

336 pages
23.5 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.7 kg

Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) was a highly regarded printer and influential novelist when he produced his final work of fiction, The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). Like his other novels, it was written in epistolary form, reflecting his lifelong interest in letter writing and the letter as a genre. Covering the period 1750–1754, many of these fully annotated letters are published from manuscript for the first time, or have been restored to their complete original form. Recording Richardson's relationships with leading cultural figures including Samuel Johnson, Colley Cibber and Elizabeth Carter, the volume reveals his support for other authors while struggling to complete his own 'story of a Good Man'. This publishing saga also incorporates Richardson's responses to the Irish piracy of his novel, and his exchanges with anonymous fans, including those who attacked the novel's tolerance for Catholicism and those who pleaded for a sequel.

General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
List of abbreviations
General introduction
Richardson's correspondence primarily on Sir Charles Grandison (1750–1754)
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [DSBD], Literary studies: general [DSB]