The Pragmatics of Revision: George Moore's Acts of Rewriting

by Siobhan Chapman

This book presents the first full-length study of the stylistically experimental and influential novelist George Moore's (1852-1933) repeated acts of rewriting. Moore extensively and repeatedly revised and re-issued many of his major works, sometimes years or even decades after they were initially published. This monograph provides new insights into how this process shaped and determined his work, and by extension into the creative significance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030412679
• ISBN13: 9783030412678
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"