Bibliographer: Liliana Frankel
Evelina; or, a young lady's entrance into the world
This topographical visualization suggests new mappings of the relationship between a novel’s representation of its audience and its genre(s). These two categories sometimes seem to starkly define and divide the novels of 1778, but depicting their influence topographically allows us to imagine ambiguity and shadings in the gender-genre relationship.
Traditional Description
Burney, Fanny. Evelina; or, a young lady’s entrance into the world. In Two Volumes. Dublin: 1779.
“[handwritten in cursive: ‘Frances Matilda D[.]s[.]y’] | EVELINA; | OR, A | YOUNG LADY’S | ENTRANCE | INTO THE | WORLD. | [line printed across the width between the two margins] | IN TWO VOLUMES. | [line printed across the width between the two margins] | VOL. I. | [two lines printed across the width between the two margins, the top one thicker than the bottom] | DUBLIN: | Printed for Mssrs. Price, Corcoran, R. Cross, Fitzsimmons, | Whitestones, Chamberlaine, Williams, J. Hozy, | Colles, E. Cross, Burnet, Walker, Jenkin, | Beatty, Exshaw, White, and Perrin. | [line the length of the line of text above] | M.DCC.LXXIX.”
Introductory material numbered v – xv. Text numbered 2 – 282. Odd numbers in the upper righthand corner, even numbers in the upper lefthand corner.
12mo.
Contents:
blank, title, blank, poem, A1r-A3v dedication, A4r-A6r preface, possible missing page?*, B1r-X4v text.
*”B” marking indicated 1 page early. Formatting of page number suggests that verso/recto identification up until this point has been correct.
Notes:
Facsimile of the physical copy made available courtesy of Eighteenth Century Collections Online database. Sourced from the British Library.
“[handwritten in cursive: ‘Frances Matilda D[.]s[.]y’] | EVELINA; | OR, A | YOUNG LADY’S | ENTRANCE | INTO THE | WORLD. | [line printed across the width between the two margins] | IN TWO VOLUMES. | [line printed across the width between the two margins] | VOL. I. | [two lines printed across the width between the two margins, the top one thicker than the bottom] | DUBLIN: | Printed for Mssrs. Price, Corcoran, R. Cross, Fitzsimmons, | Whitestones, Chamberlaine, Williams, J. Hozy, | Colles, E. Cross, Burnet, Walker, Jenkin, | Beatty, Exshaw, White, and Perrin. | [line the length of the line of text above] | M.DCC.LXXIX.”
Introductory material numbered v – xv. Text numbered 2 – 282. Odd numbers in the upper righthand corner, even numbers in the upper lefthand corner.
12mo.
Contents:
blank, title, blank, poem, A1r-A3v dedication, A4r-A6r preface, possible missing page?*, B1r-X4v text.
*”B” marking indicated 1 page early. Formatting of page number suggests that verso/recto identification up until this point has been correct.
Notes:
Facsimile of the physical copy made available courtesy of Eighteenth Century Collections Online database. Sourced from the British Library.
Experimental Description
Picture of Poster