LEADER 04150nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910745599803321 005 20231211214512.0 010 $a9781399516075 010 $a1399516078 010 $a9781399516068 010 $a139951606X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781399516068 035 $a(CKB)28456847500041 035 $a(DE-B1597)664946 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781399516068 035 $a(OCoLC)1402804593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31788900 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31788900 035 $a(OCoLC)1481785548 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928456847500041 100 $a20231101h20232023 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEpigraphs in the English Novel 1750-1850 $eSeducing the Reader /$fCorrina Readioff 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (240 pages) $c2 B/W tables 16 B/W line art 2 graphs, 2 tables, and 16 charts 311 08$a9781399516044 311 08$a1399516043 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction: The Importance of Reading Epigraphs -- $t1 Epigraphs in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Didactic Fiction: William Chaigneau, Sarah Fielding, and Jane Collier -- $t2 Transcending Boundaries with Epigraphs: Ann Radcliffe -- $t3 From Innovative Paratext to Satirical Stereotype: Charlotte Smith, Matthew Lewis, and Eaton Stannard Barrett -- $t4 Mottos, Masks, and the Historical Novel: Sir Walter Scott -- $t5 From Romance to Realism: Catherine Gore and Elizabeth Gaskell -- $tConclusion: A New Understanding of Epigraphs -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe first book-length investigation of the history of pre-chapter epigraphs in the English novelOffers detailed insight into the development and function of the epigraph from 1750 to 1850Demonstrates the enduring versatility of the epigraph and of paratextual approaches to literary criticismPresents a survey of pre-chapter paratext in English fiction first-published between 1750 and 1850, drawing upon a dataset of nearly 6000 novelsProvides case studies of epigraphs in the works of canonical authors (e.g. Radcliffe, Lewis, Scott, and Gaskell), and places these within a wider context of epigraphic and literary development in fiction by influential, though less well-known, writers (Chaigneau, Helme, Stannard Barrett, Gore)Epigraphs in the English Novel 1750-1850 uncovers the early history of the epigraph, narrating the surprising story of how this long-overlooked feature morphed from moral didactic heading to Gothic tag-line to witty realist commentary within a single century. 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