Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey/Persuasion

Northanger Abbey was one of Jane Austen''s earliest manuscripts; Persuasion was her last. Published together in a single volume after her death, the two books differ widely. Northanger Abbey is a spirited, Gothic parody, while Persuasion has increasingly been seen as a new direction for the Austen canon. The two texts have been widely analysed and debated since publication, and continue to be so today.In this Readers'' Guide, Enit Karafili Steiner:- Delineates a clear trajectory through the books'' many interpretations over two centuries, mapping these out thematically and chronologically.- Contextualises and brings into dialogue influential approaches such as psychoanalytical criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, New Historicism, and feminism.- Discusses film adaptations of the novels and their relation to literary criticism.>

Product details

• Authors: Enit Karafili Steiner, Enit Karafili Steiner, Steiner Enit Karafili
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2016
• EAN: 9781137432162
• ISBN: 978-1-137-43216-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism; Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form