An A-Z of Jane Austen

ISBN-13: 9781350254206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 176 str.

Michael Greaney

Opis

A neatly organised, lively book that provides Austen enthusiasts and students alike with an accessible and insightful entry point into this literary giant's oeuvre.

Recenzje

The 26 pint-sized essays comprising A Jane Austen A-Z are stuffed full of insights. Each is a masterpiece in miniature. Learned yet playful, Michael Greaney teaches readers new things about the forms and preoccupations of Austen's fiction. Deidre Lynch, Professor of Literature, Harvard University, USA

Spis treści

Texts and abbreviationsAcknowledgements Introduction A is for AccidentB is for BathC is for ChildrenD is for DanceE is for EyeF is for FriendG is for GiftH is for HorseI is for IllJ is for JaneK is for KindnessL is for LetterM is for MatchmakingN is for NoO is for ObstacleP is for PoorQ is for QueerR is for RiskS is for ServantT is for TheatreU is for UnexpectedV is for VisitW is for West IndiesX is for XisY is for YoungZ is for Zigzag Works cited

O autorze

Michael Greaney is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Lancaster University, UK where he teaches a first-year module on Austen's unfinished works and a third-year module on her major works. He is the author of three monographs, the most recent of which is Sleep and the Novel: Fictions of Somnolence from Jane Austen to the Present.