Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 562 g
Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 562 g
Reihe: Cambridge Companions to Literature
ISBN: 978-0-521-49517-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen leading scholars from around the world present Austen's works in two broad contexts: that of her contemporary world, and that of present-day critical discourse. Beside discussions of Austen's novels there are essays on religion, politics, class-consciousness, publishing practices, and domestic economy, which describe the world in which Austen lived and wrote. More traditional issues for literary analysis are then addressed: style in the novels, Austen's letters as literary productions, and the stylistic significance of her juvenile works. The volume concludes with assessments of the history of Austen criticism and the development of Austen as a literary cult-figure; it provides a chronology, and highlights the most interesting studies of Austen in a vast field of contemporary critical diversity.
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Notes on contributors; Preface Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster; Acknowledgements; Texts and abbreviations; 1. Chronology of Jane Austen's life Deirdre Le Faye; 2. The professional woman writer Jan Fergus; 3. Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice Rachel M. Brownstein; 4. Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion John Wiltshire; 5. The short fiction Margaret Anne Doody; 6. The letters Carol Houlihan Flynn; 7. Class Juliet McMaster; 8. Money Edward Copeland; 9. Religion and politics Gary Kelly; 10. Style John F. Burrows; 11. Jane Austen and literary traditions Isobel Grundy; 12. Austen cults and cultures Claudia L. Johnson; 13. Further reading Bruce Stovel; Index.
