Pamela in Her Exalted Condition

This is the first critical edition of Richardson's sequel to Pamela, the most influential English novel of the eighteenth century.

Samuel Richardson (Author), Albert J. Rivero (Edited by)

9780521848947, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 March 2012

820 pages, 17 b/w illus.
23.5 x 16 x 4 cm, 1.42 kg

'Rivero's work included examining three dif­ferent first editions, which is better than the example cited earlier.' Kit Kincade, Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

Pamela in Her Exalted Condition follows the heroine of Richardson's hugely popular first novel into married life. In the process, he explores both the experience of women beyond the stage of courtship and provides a fascinating insight into the social and cultural life of the mid eighteenth century. The first ever scholarly edition of the novel, this volume features a critically edited text, general and textual introductions, full annotations and textual apparatus. Appendices describe all the editions published in Richardson's lifetime as well as early nineteenth-century editions. The original illustrations from the popular octavo edition of 1742 and Richardson's index are reproduced. The publication of this novel in the Cambridge edition allows the sequel to Pamela to take its rightful place in the critical study of Richardson's development as a novelist.

General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
General introduction
Textual introduction
Pamela in Her Exalted Condition
Explanatory notes
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [DSBD], Literary studies: general [DSB]