Michael Greaney

An A-Z of Jane Austen (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Jane Austen's richly textured worlds have enchanted readers for centuries and this neatly organised, playful book provides Austen enthusiasts and students alike with a unique insight into the much-loved writer's way with words.

Using a lively A-Z structure, Greaney provides fresh angles on familiar Austen themes (D is for dance; M is for matchmaking), casts light on under-examined corners of her imagination (R is for risk; S is for servant), and shows how current social and cultural concerns are re-shaping our understanding of her work (Q is for queer; W is for West Indies). Through this approach, we learn how attention to the tiniest linguistic detail in Austen's work can yield rewarding new perspectives on the achievements of one of our most celebrated authors.

Sharply focused on textual detail but broad in scope it broaches questions that, like Austen's work, will intrigue, delight and inspire: Why are children so marginal in her storylines? Who is the best exponent of matchmaking in her fiction? Why are many of her female characters - but none of her heroines - called Jane? Providing a new close-up encounter with one of our most celebrated writers, this book invites a renewed appreciation of the infinite subtlety and endless re-readability of a body of writing in which every word counts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350254237
• Artikelnr.: 64073721

Autorenporträt

Michael Greaney is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Lancaster University, UK where he teaches a first-year module on Austen's unfinished works and a third-year module on her major works. He is the author of three monographs, the most recent of which is Sleep and the Novel: Fictions of Somnolence from Jane Austen to the Present.

Inhaltsangabe

Texts and abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A is for Accident
B is for Bath
C is for Children
D is for Dance
E is for Eye
F is for Friend
G is for Gift
H is for Horse
I is for Ill
J is for Jane
K is for Kindness
L is for Letter
M is for Matchmaking
N is for No
O is for Obstacle
P is for Poor
Q is for Queer
R is for Risk
S is for Servant
T is for Theatre
U is for Unexpected
V is for Visit
W is for West Indies
X is for Xis
Y is for Young
Z is for Zigzag
Works cited

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Texts and abbreviationsAcknowledgements Introduction A is for AccidentB is for BathC is for ChildrenD is for DanceE is for EyeF is for FriendG is for GiftH is for HorseI is for IllJ is for JaneK is for KindnessL is for LetterM is for MatchmakingN is for NoO is for ObstacleP is for PoorQ is for QueerR is for RiskS is for ServantT is for TheatreU is for UnexpectedV is for VisitW is for West IndiesX is for XisY is for YoungZ is for Zigzag Works cited

Rezensionen

The 26 pint-sized essays comprising A Jane Austen A-Z are stuffed full of insights. Each is a masterpiece in miniature. Learned yet playful, Michael Greaney teaches readers new things about the forms and preoccupations of Austen's fiction. Deidre Lynch, Professor of Literature, Harvard University, USA