Vathek and the Episodes of Vathek by Kenneth W. Graham
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Description This is the long-wanted essential modern edition of William Beckford's Vathek with the Episodes of Vathek. The text of this edition is a new translation by the leading Beckford specialist. It corrects many earlier errors and presentations of Beckford's great novel.
Publisher Description
This is the long-wanted essential modern edition of William Beckford's Vathek with the Episodes of Vathek. The text of this edition is a new translation by the leading Beckford specialist. It corrects many earlier errors and presentations of Beckford's great novel. It translates into English the original French language texts of Vathek and Les pisodes de Vathek, Professor Graham then interprets Beckford's original edition of Vathek - the novel being first published in Lausanne in 1786 (although dated 1787) not in England. He also discursively discusses and the earliest manuscripts of the pisodes, now housed among the Beckford Papers in the Bodleian Library. As Professor Graham shows, previous translations originated from different eras and diverse translators, who were also mistaken in the manuscripts or editions they chose to translate. The only solution to faulty sources and faulty translations is to begin again with the most original documents. That is what this edition does.
Author Biography
Kenneth Graham is professor emeritus at the University of Guelph in Canada and a bye-fellow of Robinson College in Cambridge. He has also served as exchange professor at Universität Konstanz in Germany. He holds degrees from the Royal Military College in Canada and University College London. He was named their "North American Scholar" by the Jane Austen Society of North America. Previous publications include The Politics of Narrative (a 1990 study of Godwin's Caleb Williams), Vathek and The Escape From Time (ed., 1990); William Godwin Renewed 1783-1834 (2001); William Beckford and the New Millenium (2004); and an edition of Vathek (published by Broadview Press, 2001). He has also published on the Gothic novel, Fanny Burney's Evelina, Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho, Edmund Burke, Thomas Malthus, and, of course, Jane Austen.
Details ISBN 1912224577 ISBN-13 9781912224579 Title Vathek and the Episodes of Vathek Author Kenneth W. Graham Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 256 Publisher Edward Everett Root GE_Item_ID:137166502; About Us
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