The Collected Critical Heritage I: Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1870-1940 (the Collected Critical Collection : 19th Century Novelists) (volume 26)

The Critical Review brings together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 PREFACE......Page 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 Critical Views 1869......Page 172 Hutton on the Memoir 1869......Page 173 Anne Thackeray on Jane Austen 1871......Page 177 Hutton on the minor works 1871......Page 184 Leslie Stephen 'the popularity of Miss Austen' 1876......Page 186 'of the second order' 1882......Page 188 Pellew's 'new criticism' 1883......Page 189 'narrow unconscious perfection of form' Henry James 1883......Page 192 The art of Jane Austen Mrs Humphry Ward 1885......Page 193 'maiden lady realism' George Moore 1888......Page 200 Austenolatry 1889......Page 201 'no hidden meaning' 1890......Page 202 'the modernness of her method' 1890......Page 204 'The Charm of Miss Austen' 1890......Page 208 The 'provincial' Jane Austen 1891......Page 211 Realism and 'entire truthfulness' Howells 1891......Page 215 Agnes Repplier on Jane Austen......Page 217 Jane Austen and Charlotte Bront 1889......Page 218 'the fine, thin perfection' 1890......Page 219 'the secret springs' 1892......Page 220 'bores' 1893......Page 221 Re-readable 1894......Page 222 Life into art 1894......Page 223 Mrs Elwood's view 1908......Page 225 Saintsbury on Pride and Prejudice 1894......Page 227 'mistress of derision' Alice Meynell 1894......Page 232 'the greatest of them all' Willa Cather 1895......Page 235 The heroines Howells 1900 1......Page 236 Henry James on Jane Austen......Page 242 'her testimony complacently ends' 1914......Page 244 Mark Twain on Jane Austen......Page 245 'His prime abhorrence'......Page 246 'complete common sense' Chesterton 1913......Page 252 'her greatness as an artist' Virginia Woolf 1913......Page 253 Farrer on Jane Austen 1917......Page 258 'the means are as simple as the result is amazing' George Moore 1919......Page 285 'such cool perceptions' Middleton Murry 1922......Page 290 'waking the Jane Austenite up' E.M.Forster 1924......Page 292 'the forerunner of Henry James and of Proust' Virginia Woolf 1923/25......Page 294 'Novels preeminently of character' Edith Wharton 1925......Page 297 'the spirit of comedy' Herbert Read 1926......Page 298 'a great little novelist' Arnold Bennett 1927/28......Page 300 The style of the 'essayist' Herbert Read 1928......Page 302 'this comic patronage of Jane Austen' Rebecca West 1928......Page 303 The 'Divine Jane' lives on 1932......Page 304 'the feminism of Jane Austen' Rebecca West 1932......Page 306 'sense' and 'sensibility' William Empson 1936......Page 311 'she shocks me' W.H.Auden 1937......Page 312 Miscellanea 1871 1938......Page 313 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 315 SELECT INDEX......Page 317 Book Cover 1 Title 4 Contents 5 PREFACE 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 INTRODUCTION 14 Critical Views 1869 172 Hutton on the Memoir 1869 173 Anne Thackeray on Jane Austen 1871 177 Hutton on the minor works 1871 184 Leslie Stephen 'the popularity of Miss Austen' 1876 186 'of the second order' 1882 188 Pellew's 'new criticism' 1883 189 'narrow unconscious perfection of form' Henry James 1883 192 The art of Jane Austen Mrs Humphry Ward 1885 193 'maiden lady realism' George Moore 1888 200 Austenolatry 1889 201 'no hidden meaning' 1890 202 'the modernness of her method' 1890 204 'The Charm of Miss Austen' 1890 208 The 'provincial' Jane Austen 1891 211 Realism and 'entire truthfulness' Howells 1891 215 Agnes Repplier on Jane Austen 217 Jane Austen and Charlotte Bront 1889 218 'the fine, thin perfection' 1890 219 'the secret springs' 1892 220 'bores' 1893 221 Re-readable 1894 222 Life into art 1894 223 Mrs Elwood's view 1908 225 Saintsbury on Pride and Prejudice 1894 227 'mistress of derision' Alice Meynell 1894 232 'the greatest of them all' Willa Cather 1895 235 The heroines Howells 1900 1 236 Henry James on Jane Austen 242 'her testimony complacently ends' 1914 244 Mark Twain on Jane Austen 245 'His prime abhorrence' 246 'complete common sense' Chesterton 1913 252 'her greatness as an artist' Virginia Woolf 1913 253 Farrer on Jane Austen 1917 258 'the means are as simple as the result is amazing' George Moore 1919 285 'such cool perceptions' Middleton Murry 1922 290 'waking the Jane Austenite up' E.M.Forster 1924 292 'the forerunner of Henry James and of Proust' Virginia Woolf 1923/25 294 'Novels preeminently of character' Edith Wharton 1925 297 'the spirit of comedy' Herbert Read 1926 298 'a great little novelist' Arnold Bennett 1927/28 300 The style of the 'essayist' Herbert Read 1928 302 'this comic patronage of Jane Austen' Rebecca West 1928 303 The 'Divine Jane' lives on 1932 304 'the feminism of Jane Austen' Rebecca West 1932 306 'sense' and 'sensibility' William Empson 1936 311 'she shocks me' W.H.Auden 1937 312 Miscellanea 1871 1938 313 BIBLIOGRAPHY 315 SELECT INDEX 317 Arts, Language and Literature The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.