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William Makepeace Thackeray’s Catherine : a story : a critical edition with commentaries Goldfarb, Sheldon F.
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This dissertation consists of a critically edited text of William Makepeace Thackeray's first novel, Catherine, along with a complete set of annotations, an extensive textual apparatus, appendices reprinting the sources for the real-life murder story on which Thackeray based his novel, and commentaries discussing the politics of the novel, the textual history and textual difficulties of the novel, and the novel's literary and historical context. In the absence of the manuscript, the copy-text for this edition is the first edition from Eraser's Magazine in 1839-40, the only edition from Thackeray's lifetime. Following this copy-text, the present edition includes all the passages expurgated in posthumous editions, expurgations recorded in one section of the Textual Apparatus. Another section of the apparatus consists of a glossary of Thackeray's characteristic spellings and capitalizations, based on a study of his surviving manuscripts. This study suggests that the style of accidentals in the first edition is not Thackerayan. However, because of the difficulty of restoring Thackerayan accidentals, the first edition accidentals have in general been left untouched, with the only emendations in this edition (all of which are recorded in the apparatus) being those made to correct errors in the copy-text. The annotations to the edition, besides explaining obscurities in the text, indicate the command Thackeray had over his historical materials, reveal his borrowings from earlier authors, and point out motifs that recur in other works by him. The political commentary to the edition discusses Thackeray's adoption of the Tory politics of Eraser's in his novel even though his views at the time were Radical. The critical commentary discusses the alterations Thackeray made to his sources for the murder story and points out that although the novel originated as an attack on the Newgate school of fiction and the glorification of criminals, it in fact, for the most part, celebrates the rogues it depicts. The general introduction notes that despite the resulting inconsistency in the novel, Catherine contains many qualities - including narrative virtuosity, satirical cleverness, and a skilful presentation of picaresque adventures - which suggest that it should no longer be neglected
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William Makepeace Thackeray’s Catherine : a story : a critical edition with commentaries
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University of British Columbia
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1992
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Description |
This dissertation consists of a critically edited text of William Makepeace
Thackeray's first novel, Catherine, along with a complete set of annotations, an
extensive textual apparatus, appendices reprinting the sources for the real-life
murder story on which Thackeray based his novel, and commentaries discussing
the politics of the novel, the textual history and textual difficulties of the novel,
and the novel's literary and historical context.
In the absence of the manuscript, the copy-text for this edition is the
first edition from Eraser's Magazine in 1839-40, the only edition from Thackeray's
lifetime. Following this copy-text, the present edition includes all the passages
expurgated in posthumous editions, expurgations recorded in one section of the
Textual Apparatus. Another section of the apparatus consists of a glossary of
Thackeray's characteristic spellings and capitalizations, based on a study of his
surviving manuscripts. This study suggests that the style of accidentals in the
first edition is not Thackerayan. However, because of the difficulty of restoring
Thackerayan accidentals, the first edition accidentals have in general been left
untouched, with the only emendations in this edition (all of which are recorded
in the apparatus) being those made to correct errors in the copy-text.
The annotations to the edition, besides explaining obscurities in the text,
indicate the command Thackeray had over his historical materials, reveal his
borrowings from earlier authors, and point out motifs that recur in other works
by him. The political commentary to the edition discusses Thackeray's adoption of
the Tory politics of Eraser's in his novel even though his views at the time
were Radical. The critical commentary discusses the alterations Thackeray made
to his sources for the murder story and points out that although the novel
originated as an attack on the Newgate school of fiction and the glorification of
criminals, it in fact, for the most part, celebrates the rogues it depicts. The
general introduction notes that despite the resulting inconsistency in the novel,
Catherine contains many qualities - including narrative virtuosity, satirical
cleverness, and a skilful presentation of picaresque adventures - which suggest that
it should no longer be neglected
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eng
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2008-12-23
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0098884
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University of British Columbia
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1992-05
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Graduate
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