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Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family
Samuel Richardson
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Description for Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family
hardcover. First scholarly edition of Samuel Richardson's correspondence with Aaron Hill, Richardson's closest literary adviser for many years, and his daughters. Editor(s): Gerrard, Christine; Shuttleton, David. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson. Num Pages: 434 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 860.
Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) was an established master printer when, at the age of 51, he published his first novel, Pamela, and immediately became one of the most influential and admired writers of his time. Not only were all Richardson's novels written in epistolary form: he was also a prolific letter-writer himself. This volume in the first ever full edition of Richardson's correspondence includes his letters to and from Aaron Hill, the poet, dramatist and entrepreneur (1685–1750). Hill was Richardson's earliest literary friend and advisor as he embarked on a new career as a novelist. This correspondence offers fascinating insight into ... Read more
Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) was an established master printer when, at the age of 51, he published his first novel, Pamela, and immediately became one of the most influential and admired writers of his time. Not only were all Richardson's novels written in epistolary form: he was also a prolific letter-writer himself. This volume in the first ever full edition of Richardson's correspondence includes his letters to and from Aaron Hill, the poet, dramatist and entrepreneur (1685–1750). Hill was Richardson's earliest literary friend and advisor as he embarked on a new career as a novelist. This correspondence offers fascinating insight into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Series
The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521872737
SKU
V9780521872737
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About Samuel Richardson
Christine Gerrard is a Fellow and Tutor in English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She is the author of The Patriot Opposition to Walpole: Poetry, Politics and National Myth, 1725–1743 (1994), Aaron Hill: The Muses's Projector (2003), The Blackwell Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry (2006) and co-editor with David Fairer of Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology (2002).
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