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- Belmour: A Modern Edition
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
- Series: Northwestern World Classics
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With his new edition of The Sylph (Northwestern, 2007), Jonathan David Gross recovered the work of novelist and biopic subject Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. With Belmour, Gross introduces the modern audience to the only novel of English sculptress Anne Damer.Belmour chronicles the tangled romances of a group of eighteenth-century English aristocrats. The plot centers on Lord Belmour’s pursuit of the lovely and slightly mysterious Emily Melville. The c arismatic Belmour, a man of great feeling and quick perception, goes to great lengths to gain the affection of Emily, only to learn that she has recently married another man. Although crushed, Belmour tries to develop a friendship with the couple, but his heartache drives him to depart on an extensive journey through Europe. During these travels, the lives of Belmour and Emily unfold, though fate ultimately leads the two to cross paths once more.Set among such vivid backdrops as Paris, Venice, and Rome, Belmour, like Damer herself, “conceals as much as it reveals,” yielding a rich, multifaceted story of forbidden love and erotic intrigue that will appeal to those interested in the gothic romances of Ann Radcliffe and the psychological novels of Elizabeth Inchbald. A contemporary of Jane Austen, Anne Damer casts an equally critical eye on the foibles of the aristocracy, while offering a similarly romanticized portrait of romantic love in the age of sensibility.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-7
- Biographical Note
- pp. ix-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. xvii-l
- Note on the Text
- pp. li-lii
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Chapter 10
- pp. 99-117
- Chapter 11
- pp. 117-139
- Chapter 12
- pp. 139-142
- Chapter 13
- pp. 142-143
- Chapter 14
- pp. 144-148
- Chapter 15
- pp. 148-152
- Chapter 16
- pp. 152-154
- Chapter 17
- pp. 154-157
- Chapter 18
- pp. 157-163
- Chapter 19
- pp. 163-169
- Chapter 20
- pp. 169-175
- Chapter 21
- pp. 175-180
- Chapter 22
- pp. 180-183
- Chapter 23
- pp. 183-194
- Chapter 24
- pp. 194-198
- Volume III
- Chapter 25
- pp. 201-206
- Chapter 26
- pp. 207-212
- Chapter 27
- pp. 212-217
- Chapter 28
- pp. 217-238
- Chapter 29
- pp. 239-247
- Chapter 30
- pp. 247-255
- Chapter 31
- pp. 255-258
- Chapter 32
- pp. 258-261
- Chapter 33
- pp. 261-270
- Chapter 34
- pp. 270-273
- Chapter 35
- pp. 274-277
- Chapter 36
- pp. 277-283
- Chapter 37
- pp. 283-291
- Chapter 38
- pp. 291-297
- Chapter 39
- pp. 298-313
- Chapter 40
- pp. 313-316
- Chapter 41
- pp. 316-320
- Bibliography
- pp. 333-338
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810164529
Related ISBN(s)
9780810126701
MARC Record
OCLC
865170534
Pages
390
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011