Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius

ISBN-13: 9780008225698 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2018 / 352 str.

Paula Byrne

Opis

A radical look at Jane Austen as you've never seen her - as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain's favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her books make such awesome movies, time after time.

Recenzje

'I relished every page ... Byrne's knowledge of everything Austen wrote has an enviable thoroughness and perception which is rare among Austen scholars and which illuminates the whole of her text. I am tempted to say this is the best book on Jane Austen I have ever read.' Paul Johnson, The Spectator

'A definitive and pioneering study of a wholly neglected aspect of Austen's art' Michael Caines, Times Literary Supplement

'A fascinating analysis that marries meticulous historical research with critical imagination and flair' The Historical Journal

O autorze

Paula Byrne is the author the bestselling biographies 'Perdita', 'Mad World', 'The Real Jane Austen', 'Belle', 'Kick' and 'The Genius of Jane Austen'. She is founder and chief executive of ReLit, the Bibliotherapy Foundation, a charity devoted to the mental health benefits of reading. She is married to Sir Jonathan Bate and lives in Oxford.