{"product_id":"england-in-the-age-of-austen-hardback-9780253051929","title":"England in the Age of Austen (Hardback) 9780253051929","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEngland in the Age of 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\"\u003eJeremy Black (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253051929\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 March 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.694 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\u003cp\u003eJeremy Black's new book on \u003ci\u003eEngland in the Age of Austen\u003c\/i\u003e, just published by Indiana University Press (2021), will be a treat for anyone who loves Jane - and who does not? - as well as anyone who is interested in her contexts. Black situates Austen's work in its social, political, economic and religious cultures, showing how her youthful commitments to Jacobite politics evolved into a more mature appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England. Alert to the ironies of her own life and the lives of her characters, Austen wrote of the kind of world in which she wanted to live, balancing the disappointments of her own life and those of her characters with a dependency upon providence and an active commitment to preserve the best values of English society.\u003c\/p\u003e - Crawford Gribben (New Books Network) \u003cp\u003eAn absolute 'must' for the legions of Jan Austen fans, \u003ci\u003eEngland in the Age of Austen\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinarily well written history, impressively detailed, and a seminal work of original scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e (Midwest Book Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedicated fans of Jane Austen's novels will delight in accompanying historian Jeremy Black through the drawing rooms, chapels, and battlefields of the time in which Austen lived and wrote. In this exceedingly readable and sweeping scan of late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, Black provides a historical context for a deeper appreciation of classic novels such as \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e. While Austen's novels bring to life complex characters living in intimate surroundings, \u003ci\u003eEngland in the Age of Austen\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fuller account of what the village, the church, and the family home would really have been like. In addition to seeing how Austen's own reading helped her craft complex characters like Emma, Black also explores how recurring figures in the novels, such as George III or Fanny Burney, provide a focus for a historical discussion of the fiction in which they appear. Jane Austen's world was the source of her works and the basis of her readership, and understanding that world gives fans new insights into the multifaceted narratives she created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e1. The Rise of the Novel\u003cbr\u003e2. Rural England: The Epicenter of Austen's World\u003cbr\u003e3. Agriculture and Agricultural Change\u003cbr\u003e4. Families, Women and Men\u003cbr\u003e5. Faith and the Church\u003cbr\u003e6. Culture, the Arts, and Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003e7. London: The Capital of Empire\u003cbr\u003e8. Bath: The Capital of Leisure\u003cbr\u003e9. Transport and Industry\u003cbr\u003e10. A State at War\u003cbr\u003e11. The Romantic Landscape\u003cbr\u003e12. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSelected Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525313523992,"sku":"9780253051929","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/england-in-the-age-of-austen-hardback-9780253051929","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}