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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107494702
ISBN-139781107494701
eBay Product ID (ePID)208703422
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCambridge Introduction to Jane Austen
SubjectEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2015
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorJanet Todd
SeriesCambridge Introductions to Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2014-037931
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal823/.7
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentPreface; 1. Life and times; 2. The literary context; 3. Northanger Abbey; 4. Sense and Sensibility; 5. Pride and Prejudice; 6. Mansfield Park; 7. Emma; 8. Persuasion; 9. Austenmania: Jane Austen's global life; Afterword.
SynopsisJane 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 thoroughly revised second edition of this innovative introduction by a leading scholar and editor of Austen's work explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. An essential purchase for students of Austen, as well as readers wanting to deepen their appreciation of the novels.