Jane Austen is unique among British novelists in maintaining her popular appeal while receiving more scholarly attention now than ever before. This introduction by Janet Todd, leading scholar and editor of Austen's work, explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. Each novel is discussed in detail, and the essential information is given about her life and literary influences, her novels and letters, and her impact on later literature. For this second edition, the book has been fully revised; a new chapter explores the ways in which Austen's work has prompted imitations, adaptations and creative spin-offs. Key areas of current critical focus are considered throughout, but the book's analysis remains thoroughly grounded in readings of the texts themselves. Janet Todd outlines what makes Austen's prose style so innovative and gives useful starting points for the study of the major works, with suggestions for further reading.
| ISBN: | 9781107100251 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 2015 |
| Author: | Janet University of Cambridge Todd |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 190 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Introductions to Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |
Jane Austen is unique among British novelists in maintaining her popular appeal while receiving more scholarly attention now than ever before. This introduction by Janet Todd, leading scholar and editor of Austen's work, explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. Each novel is discussed in detail, and the essential information is given about her life and literary influences, her novels and letters, and her impact on later literature. For this second edition, the book has been fully revised; a new chapter explores the ways in which Austen's work has prompted imitations, adaptations and creative spin-offs. Key areas of current critical focus are considered throughout, but the book's analysis remains thoroughly grounded in readings of the texts themselves. Janet Todd outlines what makes Austen's prose style so innovative and gives useful starting points for the study of the major works, with suggestions for further reading.
The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen is available in Hardback
The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen was written by Janet University of Cambridge Todd and published by Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen has 190 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Introductions to Literature series
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