Jane Austen in Context by Janet Todd

Jane Austen in Context by Janet Todd

This collection of essays covering many aspects of Austen's life, works and historical context provides the fullest introduction in one volume to the life and times of Jane Austen. Jane Austen in Context is a generously illustrated collection of short, lively contributions arranged alphabetically, and covering topics from biography to portraits and agriculture to transport. An essay on the reception of Austen's work is also included, showing how criticism of Austen has responded to literary movements and fashions. The volume emphasises the subtle interactions between Austen's life and times and her novels. This is a work of reference that readers and scholars of Austen will turn to again and again.

"Jane Austen deserves, and here gets, the reward of other people's skillful work on her little bit of ivory, two inches wide... The Cambridge Edition justifies its claim to the 'the first ever scholarly edition of the works of Jane Austen', and is a fine tribute to her for the twenty-first century." -Jane Austen Society Newsletter

Janet Todd is Herbert J. C. Grierson Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen.

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ISBN 13	9780521688536
ISBN 10	0521688531
Title	Jane Austen in Context
Author	Janet Todd
Series	Literature In Context
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2006-09-14
Number of pages	498
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