The Genius of Jane Austen - Jane Austen, the Theatre and Why Hollywood Loves Her

Informationen zum Autor Paula Byrne is the author of eight acclaimed works of non-fiction, most recently Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses . Earlier books include The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym , The Genius of Jane Austen, and Kick: The True Story of Kick Kennedy . Paula wrote a tie-in book to the award-winning movie Belle . In 2013, to coincide with the bi-centenary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice , Paula wrote an innovative biography The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things . Other books include Mad World (about Evelyn Waugh and the writing of Brideshead Revisited ) and Perdita: A Life of Mary Robinson which was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award. She is the author of two novels, Look to Your Wife and Blonde Venus and was the historical consultant for PBS series Sanditon . She is founder of ReLit, a charity devoted to the mental health benefits of reading. She is married to Sir Jonathan Bate. Zusammenfassung A radical look at Jane Austen as you've never seen her - as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. Jane's World celebrates Britain's favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her books make such awesome movies, time after time.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Byrne, Byrne Paula
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2017
• EAN: 9780008225667
• ISBN: 978-0-00-822566-7
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Women, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism