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*1850 preface interesting for acknowledgement of serialization pressures
 
*1850 preface interesting for acknowledgement of serialization pressures
 
*13 young Arthur's idolization of his mother like Copperfield - though Mrs P seems more deserving of the "angel" title
 
*13 young Arthur's idolization of his mother like Copperfield - though Mrs P seems more deserving of the "angel" title
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**but her "idol worship" of his father and uncle cause problems - 14
  
 
==Theme Tracking==
 
==Theme Tracking==

Revision as of 12:48, 14 June 2017

Thackeray, William Makepeace. Pendennis. Pub. 1850. Ed. John Sutherland. Oxford: World's Classics, 1999.

Transpose notes from 1875 ed to Sutherland

General Notes

  • 1850 preface interesting for acknowledgement of serialization pressures
  • 13 young Arthur's idolization of his mother like Copperfield - though Mrs P seems more deserving of the "angel" title
    • but her "idol worship" of his father and uncle cause problems - 14

Theme Tracking

Reading and Writing

Materiality

  • 2 material description of the Major's correspondence and his "Hot newspaper"

Shakespeare References