Reflecting the dynamic and expansive nature of Austen studies, ACompanion to Jane Austen provides 42 essays from adistinguished team of literary scholars that examine the fullbreadth of the English novelist's works and career.
* Provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date array of Austenscholarship
* Functions both as a scholarly reference and as a survey of themost innovative speculative developments in the field of Austenstudies
* Engages at length with changing contexts and cultures ofreception from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries
Claudia L. Johnson
19th Century English Literature Austen, Jane Englische Literatur / 19. Jhd. Grossbritannien /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte Literary Criticism & History Literature Literaturkritik u. -geschichte Literaturwissenschaft
"The advantage is that the chapters tend to be manageable, clear,and focused - perfect, in fact, for assigning to undergraduate andbeginning graduate students." (Notes and Queries, March2010)
"This book would be a worthy addition to any university, schooland even private library in a place where Austen is read andre-read." (Transnational Literature , May 2009)
"Austenites should be delighted with this comprehensive surveyof contemporary Austen studies. [...] This should become a standardAusten reference. Highly recommended." (Choice, August2009)
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