Jane Austen - Introductions and Interventions

Informationen zum Autor John Wiltshire Klappentext This volume brings together lively articles which have been reworked especially for this collection. John Wiltshire explores the key themes and issues that Austen's novels raise for modern readers and explores the controversies that surround the author's work. These accessible essays question conventional readings and consider Austen in a new light Zusammenfassung This volume brings together lively articles which have been reworked especially for this collection. John Wiltshire explores the key themes and issues that Austen's novels raise for modern readers and explores the controversies that surround the author's work. These accessible essays question conventional readings and consider Austen in a new light Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface PART I: INTRODUCTIONS Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Persuasion PART II: INTERVENTIONS Mrs Bennet's Least Favourite Daughter Editing Mansfield Park (De)colonizing Mansfield Park The Comedy of Emma Comfort, Health and Creativity: A Reading of Emma PART III: EPILOGUE Jane Austen's England, Jane Austen's World Notes Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Wiltshire
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2006
• EAN: 9780230007505
• ISBN: 978-0-230-00750-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, British literature, British and Irish Literature