On Second Thought: Updating the Eighteenth-Century Text

Scholars of English literature, most from the US, explore how and question why certain 18th-century texts have been updated, revised, and expanded or extended since their original appearance. Their topics include when and why once is not enough, Sarah Fielding's Familiar Letters and the limits of the 18th-century sequel, remaking Crusoe in Derek Walcott's Pantomime, and sequels to novels of sensibility by Jane Austen and another lady. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)