The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

In The Cambridge Companion To Jane Austen Leading Scholars From Around The World Present Austen's Works In Two Broad Contexts: That Of Her Contemporary World, And That Of Present-day Critical Discourse. Beside Discussions Of Austen's Novels There Are Essays On Religion, Politics, Class-consciousness, Publishing Practices, And Domestic Economy, Which Describe The World In Which Austen Lived And Wrote. More Traditional Issues For Literary Analysis Are Then Addressed: Style In The Novels, Austen's Letters As Literary Productions, And The Stylistic Significance Of Her Juvenile Works. The Volume Concludes With Assessments Of The History Of Austen Criticism And The Development Of Austen As A Literary Cult-figure; It Provides A Chronology, And Highlights The Most Interesting Studies Of Austen In A Vast Field Of Contemporary Critical Diversity. Chronology Of Jane Austin's Life / Deirdre Le Faye -- The Professional Woman Writer / Jan Fergus -- Northanger Abbey, Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Predjudice / Rachel M. Brownstein -- Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion / John Wiltshire -- The Short Fiction / Margaret Anne Doody -- The Letters / Carol Houlihan Flynn -- Class / Juliet Mcmaster -- Money / Edward Copland -- Religion And Politics / Gary Kelly -- Style / John F. Burrows -- Jane Austen And Literary Traditions / Isobel Grundy -- Austen Cults And Cultures / Claudia L. Johnson. Edited By Edward Copeland And Juliet Mcmaster. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 227-243) And Index. In The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen leading scholars from around the world present Austen's works in two broad contexts: that of her contemporary world, and that of present-day critical discourse. Beside discussions of Austen's novels there are essays on religion, politics, class-consciousness, publishing practices, and domestic economy, which describe the world in which Austen lived and wrote. More traditional issues for literary analysis are then addressed: style in the novels, Austen's letters as literary productions, and the stylistic significance of her juvenile works. The volume concludes with assessments of the history of Austen criticism and the development of Austen as a literary cult-figure; it provides a chronology, and highlights the most interesting recent studies of Austen in a vast field of contemporary critical diversity. Annotation Leading scholars present a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Jane Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world, and of present-day critical discourse. Besides discussions of Austen's novels and letters, there are essays on religion, politics, class consciousness, publishing practices, domestic economy, style in the novels and the significance of her juvenile works. A chronology provides biographical information, and assessments of the history of Austen criticism highlight the most interesting recent studies in a vast field of critical diversity