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The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster.

The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / edited by Edwa...

The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster.

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The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster.

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster.

Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Date

2011.

Call Numbers

N823.7/92

Record Identifier

74VvqbjjepZM

MMS ID

991006326759702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxvi, 271 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Preface / Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster -- Chronology of Jane Austen's life / Deirdre Le Faye -- 1. The professional woman writer / Jan Fergus -- 2. Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility / Thomas Keymer -- 3. Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park / Jocelyn Harris -- 4. Emma and Persuasio...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2011.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The image that Henry Austen creates - at odds with the evidence that both Austen's letters and her publishing decisions offer of her professionalism - is precisely the one that so annoyed Henry James, according to Brian Southam: 'the myth of the inspired amateur, the homely spinster who put down her knitting needles to take up her pen'. That myth,...

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Cambridge companions to literature.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N823.7/92

Record Identifier

74VvqbjjepZM

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvqbjjepZM

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0521746507 (pbk.)

9780521763080

0521763088

9780521746502 (pbk.)

DDC

823.7

MMS ID

991006326759702626

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