Author: VERNE, JULES; MILLER, WALTER JAMES.
Title: The Annotated Jules Verne : Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. The Only Completely Restored and Annotated Edition.
Description: First Annotated English Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xxii, 362; text illustrated with 150 b/w. illustrations of which 23 are from the original French edition, select bibliography, bound in original quarter cloth with blue boards, title lettered in silver on spine, and embossed on front board, dustjacket, top edge a little flecked otherwise a very good copy. New York; Thomas Y. Crowell Company; 1976. Miller's analysis of the abridgment and mistranslation of Verne, and his call for accurate and complete English renderings, initiated a major reassessment by English-speaking critics of Verne's importance, and is credited with fostering the publication of numerous new English editions of Verne and the emergence of Verne studies as a serious academic discipline in the US and UK. Miller's scholarly edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was the first annotated editions of this novel in any language. In his later years Miller was a valued mentor to Verne scholars in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia.
Keywords: jules verne vingt mille lieues sous les mers literature french annotated
Title: The Annotated Jules Verne : Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. The Only Completely Restored and Annotated Edition.
Description: First Annotated English Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xxii, 362; text illustrated with 150 b/w. illustrations of which 23 are from the original French edition, select bibliography, bound in original quarter cloth with blue boards, title lettered in silver on spine, and embossed on front board, dustjacket, top edge a little flecked otherwise a very good copy. New York; Thomas Y. Crowell Company; 1976. Miller's analysis of the abridgment and mistranslation of Verne, and his call for accurate and complete English renderings, initiated a major reassessment by English-speaking critics of Verne's importance, and is credited with fostering the publication of numerous new English editions of Verne and the emergence of Verne studies as a serious academic discipline in the US and UK. Miller's scholarly edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was the first annotated editions of this novel in any language. In his later years Miller was a valued mentor to Verne scholars in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia.
Keywords: jules verne vingt mille lieues sous les mers literature french annotated
Price: AUD 75.00 = appr. US$ 51.89 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 111574
- Book number: 111574