{"product_id":"mukai-the-loiterer-a-periodical-work-edited-by-james-austen-and-henry-austen-facsimile-reprint-edition-in-two-volumes-9784902454369","title":"Mukai: The Loiterer, A Periodical Work edited by","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Preface by Hidetada Mukai:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Loiterer was a weekly periodical comprising essays of Jane Austen’s elder brothers, James and Henry, who were living in Oxford at the time of its publication. It ran for sixty issues from 31 January 1789 to 20 March 1790. The Austen brothers wrote articles under the motto ‘Speak of us as we are’ and, as they declared in the first issue, their aim was to ‘supply their countrymen with a regular succession of moral lectures, critical remarks, and elegant humour, conveyed through the channel of a Periodical Paper’. It was first circulated locally, but all the issues were bound into one or two volumes and published in Oxford, Birmingham, Reading, Bath, and London. Although they followed the examples of major periodicals such as The Spectator and The Rambler, it can be called a college journal because the Austen brothers were motivated by several college and schoolboy journals. In this sense, The Loiterer provides a valuable source of information on this literary genre which is said to have been in full flourish during the late 1780s and early 1790s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Austen allegedly contributed an essay to its ninth issue under a pseudonym Sophia Sentiment when she was at the age of thirteen. It has turned out to be an unsuccessful attempt to provide external and substantial evidence to demonstrate that the name is Jane’s pseudonym, but there has been an excavation of material which most likely will help indicate the nature of Jane’s early literary environment and artistic development. The remark of J. E. Austen-Leigh, a son of James, found in A Memoir of Jane Austen, says that James had ‘a large share in directing her reading and forming her taste’. A mere reading of the essays in The Loiterer will reinforce the claim that the Austen brothers, especially James, were excellent essayists. Recently James’ literary talent has been reassessed, and general recognition of him as a poet has been confirmed by the publication of a complete collection of his poems. He was indeed the scholar of the family as his mother praised him for ‘Classical Knowledge, Literary Taste and the Power of Elegant Composition’. It might not be bold to assume that at an early stage he had a more promising future as a writer than Jane, and undeniably he deserves Janeite scholars’ recognition not only as a brother of the famous novelist but also as a full-fledged writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis facsimile reprint was published to commemorate the inauguration of the Jane Austen Society of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface by Hidetada Mukai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNos. 1–30 (31 Jan.–22 Aug. 1789), c. 350pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNos. 30–60 (29 Aug. 1789–20 Mar. 1790), c. 340pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents of the First Volume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Plan of the Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle adherence to truth in common conversation: Sketch of a new Newspaper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe misfortunes of an Oxford Sportsman, in a letter from Christopher Cockney\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt of spending time: Journal of a modern Oxford Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnecdotes of the Doubtfuls, in a letter from one of the family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDifferent opinions of the Public with respect to the Loiterer, and its Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse and Advantage of studying History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisadvantages arising from misconduct at Oxford, in a letter from H. Homely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetter from Sophia Sentiment: Determination of the Loiterer in regard to Tales, Novels, etc\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational difference of Character between the French and English: Plan proposed for improving each\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiversion of Tuft-hunting described: Memoirs of a Tuft-Hunter in a letter from Luke Lickspittle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetters from Abraham Steady; Chimericus; D. B. and Tom Witty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse and Abuse of Reviews: a Visit from Eugenie who had suffered from their attacks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe medicine Virtues of Port-Wine recommended in a letter from Toby Philpot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeavy expences of a modern University Education; in a letter from Chrysostom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetter from Philo Morpheus, advising the Loiterer to dream\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern times vindicated from the charge of Degeneracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePropriety of perpetual Fellowships considered: Letters from Dismal Sour Crout, and Jeremiale Dozeaway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariety of meanings annexed to the same word: Explanation of the term Dash\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy of Heraldry vindicated, in a letter from Edmund Escutcheon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHints to Young Clergymen respecting their behaviour at a Country Curacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObservations on several curious Advertisements in the Newspapers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVexations attending the pursuit, and possession of wealth, in a letter from Indicus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContempt of Trade absurd, and illiberal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOMAI’s description of British manners, and customs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePleasure of Elegant Society: Some Errors in Conversation pointed out\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoughts on Education: A New System recommended\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplaint of a Wig: Letter from Amicus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbsurdity of marrying from Affection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters of Dr Villars and Mr Sensitive\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editon Synapse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49426247057751,"sku":"9784902454369","price":256.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9784902454369.jpg?v=1730560636","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mukai-the-loiterer-a-periodical-work-edited-by-james-austen-and-henry-austen-facsimile-reprint-edition-in-two-volumes-9784902454369","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}