Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey/Persuasion

ISBN-13: 9781137432162 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str.

Enit Karafili Steiner

Opis

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

Spis treści

Introduction 1. From Pen to Print 2. Contemporary Reception, 1818-1840s 3. Victorian Readers, 1850s-1900s 4. The 'Cult of Jane' and the Rise of the Novel, 1900s-1950s 5. The Text, the Unconscious, and Commodity, 1950s-1990s 6. Political and Historical Austen, 1950s-1990s 7. New Millennium, New Directions 8. From Words to Image and Sound Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index.

O autorze

Enit Karafili Steiner is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.