{"product_id":"a-companion-to-jane-austen-hardback-9781405149099","title":"A Companion to Jane Austen (Hardback) 9781405149099","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Jane Austen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClaudia L. Johnson (Edited by), C Johnson (Author), Clara Tuite (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405149099, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e560 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 3.6 cm, 1.148 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"While other companions provide scholarly summary-context and assessment-as a starting place for further research, this companion seems more individualized.... \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Jane Austen\u003c\/i\u003e offers the useful charms of knowledge, stimulation, judgment.\" (\u003ci\u003e1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2010)  \u003cp\u003e\"The advantage is that the chapters tend to be manageable, clear, and focused-perfect, in fact, for assigning to undergraduate and beginning graduate students. I for one certainly plan on doing that. After all, one of the charms of enchantment is that it can be contagious.\" (\u003ci\u003eNotes and Queries\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book would be a worthy addition to any university, school and even private library in a place where Austen is read and re-read.\" (\u003ci\u003eTransnational Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Austenites should be delighted with this comprehensive survey of contemporary Austen studies. [...] This should become a standard Austen reference. Highly recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice,\u003c\/i\u003e August 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"How is it that fresh perspectives on Austen and her writing are still being thought up? Johnson and Tuite answer that the study of Austen today is a \"diverse, expansive, excitable and critical life-form\", growing and changing with new audiences and approaches to literary criticism. Arranged in five parts, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e covers the style and genre of her novels, including the history of manuscripts, editions and illustrations (with 13 black-and-white facsimiles); individual readings of the main texts, looking at how Austen was initially received by critics and readers alike and the success of \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e; Austen's literary style and technique, showing how the author used language and who she was influenced by; the political, social and cultural settings of her novels, discussing the French Revolution and feminism; and how Austen has been \"reinvented\" by different generations, from the “silver fork” novel of the Victorian era to \"sexed-up\" television adaptations of our screens today.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReflecting the dynamic and expansive nature of Austen studies, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Jane Austen\u003c\/i\u003e provides 42 essays from a distinguished team of literary scholars that examine the full breadth of the English novelist's works and career.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides the most comprehensive and up-to-date array of Austen scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFunctions both as a scholarly reference and as a survey of the most innovative speculative developments in the field of Austen studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages at length with changing contexts and cultures of reception from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures ix  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note to the Reader xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudia L. Johnson and Clara Tuite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Life and the Texts\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Jane Austen's Life and Letters 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathryn Sutherland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Austen Family Writing: Gossip, Parody, and Corporate Personality 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert L. Mack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Literary Marketplace 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Fergus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Texts and Editions 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Southam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Jane Austen, Illustrated 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Carroll and John Wiltshire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Reading the Texts\u003c\/b\u003e 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Young Jane Austen: Author 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJuliet McMaster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Moving In and Out: The Property of Self in \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan C. Greenfi eld\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Illusionist: \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and Austen’s Uses of Enchantment 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSonia Hofkosh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Re: Reading \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e: \"What think you of books?\" 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan J. Wolfson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Missed Opportunities of \u003ci\u003eMansfi eld Park\u003c\/i\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Galperin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e: Word Games and Secret Histories 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Bree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e: The Gradual Dawning 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Stafford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 \u003ci\u003eSanditon\u003c\/i\u003e and the Book 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Literary Genres and Genealogies\u003c\/b\u003e 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Turns of Speech and Figures of Mind 165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargaret Anne Doody\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Narrative Technique: Austen and Her Contemporaries 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane Spencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Time and Her Aunt 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Austen's Realist Play 206\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarry E. Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Dealing in Notions and Facts: Jane Austen and History Writing 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDevoney Looser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Sentiment and Sensibility: Austen, Feeling, and Print Culture 226\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiranda Burgess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Gothic Austen 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Armstrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Political, Social, and Cultural Worlds\u003c\/b\u003e 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 From Politics to Silence: Jane Austen’s Nonreferential Aesthetic 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Poovey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Army, the Navy, and the Napoleonic Wars 261\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGillian Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Jane Austen, the 1790s, and the French Revolution 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Spongberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Feminisms 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVivien Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Imagining Sameness and Difference: Domestic and Colonial Sisters in \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeirdre Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Jane Austen and the Nation 304\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Lamont\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Religion 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoger E. Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Family Matters 323\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Perry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Austen and Masculinity 332\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eE. J. Clery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Trouble with Things: Objects and the Commodifi cation of Sociability 343\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara M. Benedict\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Luxury: Making Sense of Excess in Austen’s Narratives 355\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiego Saglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Austen's Accomplishment: Music and the Modern Heroine 366\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGillen D'Arcy Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Jane Austen and Performance: Theatre, Memory, and Enculturation 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel O'Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Reception and Reinvention\u003c\/b\u003e 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Jane Austen and Genius 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeidre Lynch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Jane Austen's Periods 402\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary A. Favret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Nostalgia 413\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicholas Dames\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Austen's European Reception 422\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony Mandal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Jane Austen and the Silver Fork Novel 434\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Copeland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Jane Austen in the World: New Women, Imperial Vistas 444\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatie Trumpener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Sexuality 456\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Brideoake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Jane Austen and Popular Culture 467\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudy Simons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Austenian Subcultures 478\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Ann O'Farrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 488\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 513\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437773943064,"sku":"9781405149099","price":137.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405149099.jpg?v=1784939282","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-jane-austen-hardback-9781405149099","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}