| The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century Contributor(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace (Author), Harden, Edgar F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 047211042X ISBN-13: 9780472110421 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $103.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\ftech\fcharset0 Symbol;}{\f2\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f3\fswiss\fcharset0 Courier New;}{\f4\ftech\fcharset0 Wingdings;}}{\colortbl\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;\red0\green255\blue255;\red0\green255\blue0;\red255\green0\blue255;\red255\green0\blue0;\red255\green255\blue0;\red255\green255\blue255;\red0\green0\blue128;\red0\green128\blue128;\red0\green128\blue0;\red128\green0\blue128;\red128\green0\blue0;\red128\green128\blue0;\red128\green128\blue128;\red192\green192\blue192;}{\stylesheet{\s1\sa100\sb100 Normal;}{\s2\sbasedon1\snext3 Definition Term;}{\s3\sbasedon1\li360\snext2 Definition List;}{\*\cs4\i1\additive Definition;}{\s5\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\b1\fs48\kerning36\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel1 H1;}{\s6\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs36\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel2 H2;}{\s7\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs28\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel3 H3;}{\s8\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\b1\fs24\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel4 H4;}{\s9\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs20\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel5 H5;}{\s10\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs16\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel6 H6;}{\s11\sbasedon1\i1\snext1 Address;}{\s12\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\li360\ri360 Blockquote;}{\*\cs13\i1\additive CITE;}{\*\cs14\f3\fs20\additive CODE;}{\*\cs15\i1\ulnone\additive Emphasis;}{\*\cs16\cf1\ul\additive Hyperlink;}{\*\cs17\cf11\ul\additive FollowedHyperlink;}{\*\cs18\f3\b1\fs20\additive Keyboard;}{\s19\sbasedon1\f3\sa0\sb0\fs20\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\tx9590 Preformatted;}{\s20\f2\snext1\shidden\qc\fs16\v1\brdrt\brdrdb\brdrw6\brdrcf0 z-Bottom of Form;}{\s21\f2\snext1\shidden\qc\v1\fs16\brdrb\brdrdb\brdrw6\brdrcf0z-Top of Form;}{\*\cs22\f3\additive Sample;}{\*\cs23\b1\additive Strong;}{\*\cs24\f3\fs20\additive Typewriter;}{\*\cs25\i1\additive Variable;}{\*\cs26\v1\cf5\additive HTML Markup;}{\*\cs27\v1\additive C o m m e n t; } } { \ * \ l i s t t a b l e { \ l i s t { \ l i s t n a m e; } \ l i s t i d 1 { \ l i s t l e v e l \ l e v e l s t a r t a t 1 \ l e v e l j c 0 \ l e v e l n f c 0 \ l i 7 2 0 \ f i - 3 6 0 { \ l e v e l t e x t \ ' 0 2 \ ' 0 0 .; } { \ l e v e l n u m b e r s \ ' 0 1; } } { \ l i s t l e v e l \ l e v e l s t a r t a t 1 \ l e v e l j c 0 \ l e v e l n f c 0 \ l i 1 4 4 0 \ f i - 3 6 0 { \ l e v e l t e x t \ ' 0 2 \ ' 0 1 .; } { \ l e v e l n u m b e r s \ ' 0 1; } } { \ l i s t l e v e l \ l e v e l s t a r t a t 1 \ l e v e l j c 0 \ l e v e l n f c 0 \ l i 2 1 6 0 \ f i - 3 6 0 { \ l e v e l t e x t \ ' 0 2 \ ' 0 2 .; } { \ l e v e l n u m b e r s \ ' 0 1; } } { \ l i s t l e v e l \ l e v e l s t a r t a t 1 \ l e v e l j c 0 \ l e v e l n f c 0 \ l i 2 8 80\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'03.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li3600\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'04.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li4320\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'05.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li5040\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'06.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li5760\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'07.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}}}{\*\listoverridetable}{\info}{\*\userprops{{\propname HTML}\proptype11{\staticval 1}}{{\propname DocumentEncoding}\proptype30{\staticval windows-1252}}}\margl1440\margr1440\margt1440\margb1440\sl-240\slmult0\deftab720\headery1440\footery1440\fet2\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\viewkind5\ansicpg1252\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\marglsxn1440\margrsxn1440\plain\fs24\i1 The Thackeray Edition\plain\fs24 proudly announces two additions to its collection: \plain\fs24\i1{\field{\*\fldinst HYPERLINK "http: //www.press.umich.edu/titles/11042.html"}{\fldrslt\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\plain\fs24\i1\cs16\cf1\ul Catherine}}\plain\fs24 and \plain\fs24\i1 TheLuck of Barry Lyndon\plain\fs24 . \plain\fs24\i1 The Thackeray Edition\plain\fs24 is 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. It is also a concrete attempt to put into practice a theory of scholarly editing that gives new insight into Thackeray's own compositional process.\par\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\li0\plain\fs24\i1 The Luck of Barry Lyndon\plain\fs24, serialized in \plain\fs24\i1 Fraser's Magazine\plain\fs24 in 1844, is a wonderfully hard-edged advance upon Thackeray's previous writing: a tour de force dramatization at novelistic length of the moral vacuity of its first person narrator. The inner workings of this narrator are far more complicated than in earlier Thackeray writings, and are presented in a far more subtle, yet not humorless, manner. The mock-Bildungsroman aspect of the novel is brought about by the non-enlightenment of the title-figure, his failure to find a meaningful love-relationship, and his inability to discover a calling that identifies both a significant direction for his individual existence and, at the same time, an appropriate accommodation to his duties to society. Achieved in brilliant, accomplished style, \plain\fs24\i1 Barry Lyndon\plain\fs24 is a significant and progressive experiment in narration for Thackeray.\par\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\li0\plain\fs24 Sheldon F. Goldfarb is an independent scholar who received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Edgar F. Harden is Professor of English, Simon Fraser University. Peter L. Shillingsburg is Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, LamarUniversity. \par\pard} |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Classics - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99-21755 |
| Series: Thackeray Editions |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.29" W x 9.32" (1.16 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: The Thackeray Edition proudly announces two additions to its collection: Catherine and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. The Thackeray Edition is 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. It is also a concrete attempt to put into practice a theory of scholarly editing that gives new insight into Thackeray's own compositional process. The Luck of Barry Lyndon, serialized in Fraser's Magazine in 1844, is a wonderfully hard-edged advance upon Thackeray's previous writing: a tour de force dramatization at novelistic length of the moral vacuity of its first person narrator. The inner workings of this narrator are far more complicated than in earlier Thackeray writings, and are presented in a far more subtle, yet not humorless, manner. The mock-Bildungsroman aspect of the novel is brought about by the non-enlightenment of the title-figure, his failure to find a meaningful love-relationship, and his inability to discover a calling that identifies both a significant direction for his individual existence and, at the same time, an appropriate accommodation to his duties to society. Achieved in brilliant, accomplished style, Barry Lyndon is a significant and progressive experiment in narration for Thackeray. Sheldon F. Goldfarb is an independent scholar who received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Edgar F. Harden is Professor of English, Simon Fraser University. Peter L. Shillingsburg is Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Lamar University. |
