The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen

Herausgegeben von Copeland, Edward; McMaster, Juliet

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Companion offers clear, accessible coverage of the intricacies of Austen's works in their historical context, with biographical information and suggestions for further reading. With seven new essays, the Companion now covers topics that have become central to recent Austen studies.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780521746502
• ISBN-10: 0521746507
• Artikelnr.: 31194462

Autorenporträt

Copeland, Edward
Edward Copeland is Emeritus Professor of English at Pomona College, Claremont, California.

McMaster, Juliet
Juliet McMaster is Emeritus Distinguished University Professor of English at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster; 1. Chronology of Jane Austen's life Deirdre Le Faye; 2. The professional woman writer Jan Fergus; 3. Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility Thomas Keymer; 4. Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park Jocelyn Harris; 5. Emma and Persuasion Penny Gay; 6. The early short fiction Margaret Anne Doody; 7. 'Lady Susan', 'The Watsons' and 'Sanditon' Janet Todd; 8. The letters Carol Houlihan Flynn; 9. Class Juliet McMaster; 10. Money Edward Copeland; 11. Making a living David Selwyn; 12. Gender E. J. Clery; 13. Sociability Gillian Russell; 14. Literary traditions Isobel Grundy; 15. Jane Austen on screen Kathryn Sutherland; 16. Cults and cultures Claudia Johnson; 17. Further reading Bruce Stovel and Mary Chan; Index.

Rezensionen

'... an excellent collection which belongs in the library of every serious Austen scholar, as well as those who simply want a new or different insight into Austen's work.' Canadian Woman Studies