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Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker, with Related Texts
Shapiro Stephen
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Description for Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker, with Related Texts
Hardcover. In addition to the UVA text of Brown's novel, this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and intellectual contexts. It also includes several of Brown's writings on such subjects as somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
In addition to the definitive UVA text of Brown's seminal novel, this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and intellectual contexts. Related texts include selections from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life (1794), Benjamin Franklin's A Narrative of the Late Massacres (1764), and Thomas Barton's The Conduct of the Paxton-Men (1764), as well excerpts from Brown's own essays on somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872208544
SKU
V9780872208544
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About Shapiro Stephen
Philip Barnard is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Kansas. Stephen Shapiro is Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.
Reviews for Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker, with Related Texts
This is now the edition of choice for those of us who teach Brown's fascinating Edgar Huntly. Barnard and Shapiro explore the relevant historical, cultural, and literary backgrounds in their illuminating Introduction; they skillfully annotate the text; they provide useful and up-to-date bibliographies; and they append a number of revealing primary texts for further cultural contextualization. This edition ... Read more