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Correspondence Primarily on Pamela and Clarissa (1732–1749)

Correspondence Primarily on <i>Pamela</i> and <i>Clarissa</i> (1732–1749)

Correspondence Primarily on <i>Pamela</i> and <i>Clarissa</i> (1732–1749)

Samuel Richardson
Louise Curran, University of Birmingham
George Justice, University of Tulsa
Sören Hammerschmidt, GateWay Community College, Maricopa Community Colleges
September 2024
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    Samuel Richardson was one of the great letter-writers in English. His three great novels, Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison were written in epistolary form, and Richardson himself was known in his time for the way he used his letters for both professional and personal purposes. As a printer, Richardson corresponded with authors, readers, and other printers and publishers. As a friend, he supported his correspondents when they were personally struggling. As a novelist, he engaged readers both before and after the publication of his works, soliciting their opinion and defending his own methods. Correspondence Primarily on Pamela and Clarissa (1732–1749) gives us Richardson the printer, the friend, and the novelist in the crucial early years of his unexpected success and fame as a literary writer, providing insight into how and why he created innovative works that changed the course of literary history.

    • Helps to create the full picture of Richardson's correspondence, complementing the other published works in the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Samuel Richardson
    • Includes a full and accessible introduction, of value to general readers, students and scholars alike
    • Gives readers a fuller picture than ever before of the importance of the letters in the history of the novel as well as in Richardson's career

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    September 2024
    Hardback
    9780521830355
    344 pages
    229 × 152 mm
    0kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • General editors' preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Chronology
    • List of abbreviations
    • General introduction
    • Richardson's Correspondence Primarily on Pamela and Clarissa (1732–1749)
    • Appendix: orders and receipts of payment
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • Louise Curran, George Justice, Sören Hammerschmidt

    • Samuel Richardson
    • Editors
    • Louise Curran , University of Birmingham
    • George Justice , University of Tulsa
    • Sören Hammerschmidt , GateWay Community College, Maricopa Community Colleges