A Fine Brush on Ivory by Richard Jenkyns
What is it about Jane Austen's writing that brings such pleasure? There are good, even great novelists who are not good story-tellers, and there are highly gifted story-tellers who write thoroughly bad books. Jane Austen was both a very good story-teller and a great novelist. How did she do it? Was it all due to native talent? Or did she serve an apprenticeship to her craft, to learn from experience, and from the example of other writers? Richard Jenkyns' sparkling study delights in Austen's craft and wit. His deep reading of the novels illuminates the subtlety, depth and innovation that lies within them. He explores the development of her style, storytelling and characterization, her technical prowess, and her place in comparison with her contemporaries with a grace and wit worthy of the subject herself. All who read this book will come away with their admiration for Austen deepened, and their pleasure in her work enhanced.
The book is written with great grace and elegance, and shows the development of [Austen's] genius as a storytellerI felt that I knew a lot about her, but this book has given me new insights for which I'm grateful. P. D. James, Church Times Jenkyns is especially convincing when engaging critically, and at length, with D.W. Harding's famous distinction between 'character' and 'caricature' in the fiction... TLS A beautifully crafted essay. This is a small and elegant Christmas present for all enthusiasts. FT Magazine
Jenkyns, Richard: - Richard Jenkyns is Professor of the Classical Tradition and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford. His previous books include The Victorians and Ancient Greece and Dignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199276615 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199276617 |
| Title | A Fine Brush on Ivory |
| Author | Richard Jenkyns |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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