The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen

The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen By Edward Copeland, Juliet McMaster
1997 | 269 Pages | ISBN: 0521498678 | PDF | 5 MB
Leading scholars present a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Jane Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world, and of present-day critical discourse. Besides discussions of Austen's novels and letters, there are essays on religion, politics, class consciousness, publishing practices, domestic economy, style in the novels and the significance of her juvenile works. A chronology provides biographical information, and assessments of the history of Austen criticism highlight the most interesting recent studies in a vast field of critical diversity.