The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour
The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century collects a series of engaging lectures by W. M. Thackeray on Swift, Pope, Fielding, and others—-offering a rare look at this classic author's views of his forbearers. The lectures and the final essay Charity and Humour were written for an American audience (the latter published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in June 1853) and showcase Thackeray's views of American sensibilities. Compiled by means of a comparative study of all relevant documents—-from the first published appearance to the last edition touched by the author—-this edition is a unique achievement.

This volume is the latest addition to The Thackeray Edition, a multi-volume series representing the first full-scale scholarly edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years and the only one ever to be based on an examination of manuscripts and relevant printed texts. This series puts into practice a theory of scholarly editing that gives new insight into Thackeray's own compositional process. Other volumes from the University of Michigan Press available in the series include The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists, Catherine: A Story, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and The History of Henry Osmond.

Edgar F. Harden is Emeritus Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. He is editor of The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists and The Luck of Barry Lyndon.

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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour
The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century collects a series of engaging lectures by W. M. Thackeray on Swift, Pope, Fielding, and others—-offering a rare look at this classic author's views of his forbearers. The lectures and the final essay Charity and Humour were written for an American audience (the latter published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in June 1853) and showcase Thackeray's views of American sensibilities. Compiled by means of a comparative study of all relevant documents—-from the first published appearance to the last edition touched by the author—-this edition is a unique achievement.

This volume is the latest addition to The Thackeray Edition, a multi-volume series representing the first full-scale scholarly edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years and the only one ever to be based on an examination of manuscripts and relevant printed texts. This series puts into practice a theory of scholarly editing that gives new insight into Thackeray's own compositional process. Other volumes from the University of Michigan Press available in the series include The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists, Catherine: A Story, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and The History of Henry Osmond.

Edgar F. Harden is Emeritus Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. He is editor of The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists and The Luck of Barry Lyndon.

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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century collects a series of engaging lectures by W. M. Thackeray on Swift, Pope, Fielding, and others—-offering a rare look at this classic author's views of his forbearers. The lectures and the final essay Charity and Humour were written for an American audience (the latter published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in June 1853) and showcase Thackeray's views of American sensibilities. Compiled by means of a comparative study of all relevant documents—-from the first published appearance to the last edition touched by the author—-this edition is a unique achievement.

This volume is the latest addition to The Thackeray Edition, a multi-volume series representing the first full-scale scholarly edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years and the only one ever to be based on an examination of manuscripts and relevant printed texts. This series puts into practice a theory of scholarly editing that gives new insight into Thackeray's own compositional process. Other volumes from the University of Michigan Press available in the series include The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists, Catherine: A Story, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and The History of Henry Osmond.

Edgar F. Harden is Emeritus Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. He is editor of The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists and The Luck of Barry Lyndon.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780472116126
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 01/11/2008
Series: The Thackeray Edition
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Edgar F. Harden is Emeritus Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. He is editor of The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists and The Luck of Barry Lyndon.

Table of Contents

Note on the Text and Texual Apparatus     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
Text of The English Humourists     1
Notes on The English Humourists   James Hannay     109
"Charity and Humour"     195
Editorial Apparatus
Historical Introduction     209
A Note on the Text     217
A Note on the Manuscripts     225
Alternative American Ending for Lectures on the English Humourists     231
Editorial Corrections     235
Variants in Manuscripts of the Lecture on Swift     245
"Charity and Humour": A Historical and Textual Note     255
"Charity and Humour" Editorial Corrections     257
Other Versions of "Charity and Humour"     261
Ambiguous End-Line Hyphenated Compounds     279
Non-Authorial Substantive Variants in the Printed Texts     281
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