Reworked fiction
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A reworked fiction is a previously published work of fiction that has been substantially reworked by its author.[according to whom?]
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Definition[edit]
Reworked fiction is a novel, novella, short story, microstory, drama, or narrative poem which, after its initial publication, has been substantially reworked by the author.
Examples[edit]
- Mary Shelley began writing her novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in 1816, completed it in 1817, and published it on 1 January 1818.[1] In 1831 she published a heavily revised version – the edition most widely published and read now, though some scholars prefer the original version published in 1818.[2]
- Walt Whitman first published his poetry collection Leaves of Grass in 1855, then wrote, rewrote, and expanded it until his death in 1892.[3] The first edition comprised 12 poems; the last, over 400.[4]
- Edward FitzGerald penned five versions of his poem The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published in 1859, 1868, 1872, 1879, and (posthumously) 1889. Three (the first, second, and fifth) differ substantially; the second and third are almost identical, as are the fourth and fifth.[5]
Quotations[edit]
- Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci: "“A work of art is never finished [that is, perfected], only abandoned.”
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References[edit]
- ↑ Charles Robinson, The Frankenstein Notebooks: A Facsimile Edition, Garland Publishing, volume 1, 1996, p. xxv.
- ↑ Anne K. Mellor, "Choosing a Text of Frankenstein to Teach", in Stephen C. Behrendt, editor, Approaches to Teaching Shelley's Frankenstein, New York, Modern Language Association of America, 1990, ISBN 0-87352-539-6 Search this book on
., pp. 31-37.
- ↑ Colin Burrow, "The Magic Bloomschtick" (review of Harold Bloom, edited by David Mikics, Library of America, October 2019, ISBN 978 1 59853 640 9 1 59853 640 9 Search this book on .; 426 pp.), London Review of Books, vol. 41, no. 22 (21 November 2019), pp. 21-25. (p. 21.)
- ↑ James E. Miller, Jr., Walt Whitman, New York, Twayne Publishers, 1962, ISBN 9780805707922 Search this book on ., passim.
- ↑ Christopher Decker, ed., "Introduction: Postscript", Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition, Charlottesville, Virginia, University Press of Virginia, 1997, ISBN 0-8139-1689-5 Search this book on ., p. xlv.
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