The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque : a critical edition for readers of Jane Austen / by William Combe ; with illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson and others ; edited by Ben Wiebracht [and 16 others].

Combe, William, 1742-1823, The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque , [2024]

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Creator:: Combe, William, 1742–1823
Title(s):: The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque : a critical edition for readers of Jane Austen / by William Combe ; with illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson and others ; edited by Ben Wiebracht [and 16 others].
Additional Title(s):: Tour of Doctor Syntax
Tour, in search of the picturesque
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: xlii, 373 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm.
Holdings:: Reference Library
PR3359.C5 T6 2024 (LC)
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17683234
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Caption title on page 4: A tour, in search of the picturesque / by the Reverend Doctor Syntax.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-370) and index.
"This edition offers an array of critical resources that put The Tour of Doctor Syntax and its most famous reader in conversation. These include a Biographical Essay on William Combe, a Contextual Essay on the picturesque, and abundant notes on the text, many of which draw direct connections between the poem and Austen's life and work. All thirty-one of Thomas Rowlandson's celebrated aquatints are included in this volume as well."--Page 4 of cover.
Subject Terms:: Austen, Jane, 1775–1817 -- Contemporaries.
England -- Description and travel -- Humor.
Humorous poetry, English -- 19th century.
Picturesque, The, in literature.
Form/Genre:: Humorous poetry.
Poésie humoristique.
Contributors:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827, illustrator.
Wiebracht, Ben, editor.
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