The Complete Plays of Frances Burney
General Editor: Peter Sabor Associate Editor: Stewart Cooke
Consulting Editor: Geoffrey M Sill
The Pickering Masters
978 1 85196 073 6: 234x156mm: £120.00
Availability: America: McGill-Queens University Press
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This is the first ever edition of the complete plays of Frances Burney (1752-1840) and is taken from the original manuscripts of her work. The edition includes a substantial general introduction, headnotes to each play, explanatory notes and variant readings.
This edition reveals Burney in a hitherto little-known role as a comic and tragic dramatist, and provides many new insights into her overall achievement.
Contents
Volume 1: The Comedies
The Witlings (1778-80); Love and Fashion (1798-99); A Busy Day (1800-2); The Woman-Hater (1800-2)
Volume 2: The Tragedies
Edwy and Elgiva (1788-95); Hubert de Vere (1790-97); The Siege of Pevensey (1790-91); Elberta (1791-1814); The Triumphant Toadeater (1798)
Reviews
‘Another notable publishing event is the recent first ever edition of the complete plays of Frances Burney…. A full picture of Burney as a writer is thus made possible for the first time, and given that interest in her is growing, their publication will be widely welcomed.’
– Peter Barry, English