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Twisty Little Passages: The Several Editions Of Lady Caroline Lamb's Glenarvon, Paul Douglass
Twisty Little Passages: The Several Editions Of Lady Caroline Lamb's Glenarvon, Paul Douglass
Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature
A literary criticism of the book "Glenarvon," by Lady Caroline Lamb is presented. It presents the symbolic significance of the characters. It outlines the consequences of denying true love and the importance of aristocratic leadership and self-control. It examines the preface of the book in which the author states that the novel is not immoral even with the inclusion of crimes and she asks readers to recognize that her intention of writing the book is to describe human nature.
A. Bristow And The Maniac: A Bio-Critical Essay, Katherine D. Harris
A. Bristow And The Maniac: A Bio-Critical Essay, Katherine D. Harris
Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature
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On A Special Copy Of Caroline Lamb's Glenarvon Recently Discovered In The Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Paul Douglass, Ria Grimbergen
On A Special Copy Of Caroline Lamb's Glenarvon Recently Discovered In The Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Paul Douglass, Ria Grimbergen
Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature
This essay analyses a recently discovered copy of the first edition of Lady Caroline Lamb's Glenarvon in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek at The Hague filled with annotations and corrections apparently in the hand of its author. This copy shows many of the extensive revisions eventually implemented in the second edition of the novel. Some changes indicated in this special copy were not adopted, however, and a note on the punctuation in a hand not the author's raises the question of whether others edited the work, especially the punctuation. The essay shows how, working with great skill to minimise the labour of …