FRANCES "FANNY" BURNEY
AKA: Madam D'Arblay, Fanny Burney
Dates: 1752-1840
Nationality: British/English
Literary Periods:
Eighteenth Century, 1700-1799
Nineteenth Century, 1800-1899
Romantic Period, 1780-1837
Literary Movements:
Romanticism 1780-1837
MORE BIOGRAPHY
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Frances Burney: A Literary Life by Call Number: Miller Library PR3316.A4 Z795 2000 -
Frances Burney: The Life in the Works by Call Number: Miller Library PR3316.A4 Z63 1988
FANNY BURNEY MEETS JERRY SPRINGER
A preview for Magis Theatre Company's production of The Whitlings in 2008
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"Frances Burney (1752-1840), wrote several popular novels in the late eighteenth century. Her characterizations of women and society influenced a number of subsequent authors, including Jane Austen (1775-1817) and William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)." -Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO)
REFERENCE & BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Scribner Writers Series
Essay on the life and works of Frances (Fanny) Burney, complete works and suggested reading bibliographies
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RESEARCH & CRITICISM
Find books, essays and journal articles in MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography is the definitive literary research database, indexing the most authoritative scholarship on Frances Burney from books and academic journals. MLA indexes and links to the entire JSTOR literary research collection as well as linking to many other full-text providers.
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Fanny Burney: An Annotated Bibliography by Joesph A. Grau [BOOK]Borrow from Middlebury or Wellesley through NExpress
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The Cambridge Companion to Frances Burney edited by Peter Sabor [BOOK]Miller Library PR3316.A4 Z5855 2007
Includes a chronolgy of the author's life and work, notes on contributors (all Burney scholars), and an excellent bibliography, citing books and articles for further reading -
Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.3 Issue 4, 1991: Evelina [JOURNAL]This special issue of the journal is devoted to Evelina
PRIMARY SOURCES: TEXTS ONLINE
Illustration by Henry Singleton, 1766-1839 (oil on canvas).
DocumentType: Painting Source: Bridgeman Art Library Database: Ecco
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) [DATABASE]To see actual images of Burney's texts, choose the "Browse Authors" button at the top of the screen and look for Burney, Fanny.
PRIMARY SOURCES: ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS
"Burney is the first important novelist whose drafts of fiction survive in any quantity. The Burneys were all prolific letter writers and diary keepers, and every major library houses some Burney material. Some letters and other papers remain in private hands." -DLB You will find the major collections of Burneyana listed below.
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The Berg Collection at the New York Public LibraryIncludes "drafts of parts of all the novels save The Wanderer (of which no draft has yet come to light). The Berg Collection also includes the manuscripts of the plays, as well as verses, notes for unwritten novels, and a great number of diaries and letters by Burney and her family." -DLB
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The Barrett Collection in the British Library (Egerton 3690-3708)Includes "the draft of an unpublished introduction to Cecilia and early drafts of Camilla,
as well as numerous letters and other papers" -DLB
PRIMARY SOURCES: NEWSPAPERS
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Burney Collection of 17th and 18th Century Newspapers [DATABASE]The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection, that helps chart the development of the concept of 'news' and 'newspapers' and the "free press", totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles.
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British Periodicals Online [DATABASE]British Periodicals traces the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' . This unique digital archive provides the full text of almost 500 periodical runs published from the 1680s to the 1930s. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences.
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Times Digital Archive [DATABASE]The Times Digital Archive is a full-image online archive of The Times [London] from 1785-1985. The text within the images is fully searchable at the article level.