Castle Rackrent: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical

Castle Rackrent: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

The only edition of this 1800 novelâ€•widely regarded as the first historical novelâ€•to include supporting materials on both the importance of Maria Edgeworth as a writer and the influence of contemporary history on this novel.
Castle Rackrentâ€™s publication in 1800 signaled many firsts: the first historical novel, the first regional novel in English, the first â€œbig houseâ€ novel, the first Anglo-Irish novel, and the first novel with a narrator who is neither reliable nor part of the action. This Norton Critical Edition is based on the Baldwin & Cradock edition that appeared as part of an eighteen-volume collected edition titled Tales and Novels of Maria Edgeworth (1832â€“33). It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.

Ryan Twomey focuses the volumeâ€™s â€œBackgrounds and Contextsâ€ on Edgeworthâ€™s importance as a writer, the influence of contemporary historical events on her writing (most importantly, the Act of Union of 1800, which united Ireland and Great Britain), and Castle Rackrentâ€™s impact on the development of the novel. These include a selection of Edgeworthâ€™s letters; five major contemporary reviews; biographical pieces; Sir Walter Scott on Edgeworth and her response to him; and excerpts from Edgeworthâ€™s juvenilia, The Double Disguise.

â€œCriticismâ€ is thematically organized to give readers a clear sense of Castle Rackrentâ€™s major themes: Irish writing and specifically the Irish novel, narrative voices, patriarchy and paternalism, and Edgeworthâ€™s Hiberno-English writing. Contributors include Seamus Deane, Marilyn Butler, Katherine Oâ€™Donnell, Julia Nash, Joyce Flynn, and Brian Hollingworth, among others.

A chronology of Edgeworthâ€™s life and work and a selected bibliography are also included.
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Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 4
ReleaseDate 2014-10-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393922417

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	4
ReleaseDate	2014-10-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780393922417

Castle Rackrent: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

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