What Matters in Jane Austen? Twenty Essential Questions Answered

250TH BIRTHDAY EDITION ''Almost as good as finding an unpublished novel'' The Lady Is there any sex in Jane Austen? Why do her plots rely on blunders? Which important characters never actually speak? Jane Austen''s novels have been a staple of the British canon since the nineteenth century. Yet critics of the time did not appreciate the true complexity of her work. Neither Austen''s literary innovations nor the cunning intracacy of her novels were understood - much less the fascinating patterns and puzzles thrown up by some of the most famous works of English literature. Nothing, John Mullan argues, is accidental or coincidental in Austen. As she herself said, she wrote for readers who have ''a great deal of ingenuity themselves''. What Matters in Jane Austen? gets to the heart of what it is that makes Austen''s work so singular. In twenty chapters, answering questions her novels have posed for over two centuries, Mullan uncovers the hidden truth of an extraordinary fictional world and reveals the true brilliance - and underappreciated complexity - of Austen''s oeuvre. ''Sends the reader back to the originals with fresh pleasure'' Tessa Hadley, Guardian

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John Mullan

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mullan John, John Mullan
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.05.2025
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Kunst, Literatur > Biographien, Autobiographien
• EAN: 9781526693945
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-9394-5
• Anzahl Seiten: 352
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 12.6 x 20 x 3.2 cm
• Themen: Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, European History, English, Charlotte Bronte, Colin Firth, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, REFERENCE / Trivia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary essays, Northanger Abbey, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Germanic & Scandinavian languages, Indo-European languages, Literature: history and criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Western Continental Europe, Classic Literature, 19th nineteenth century, 250 anniversary, regency britain england london, lucy worsley at home, kiera keira ciara knightly, literary biography biographies