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    2nd edition
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 March 2015
    19 February 2015
    ISBN:
    9781316178591
    9781107100251
    9781107494701
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316178591
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.43kg, 190 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.32kg, 208 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830
    Series:
    Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830
    Series:
    Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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    Jane Austen is unique among British novelists in maintaining her popular appeal while receiving more scholarly attention now than ever before. This introduction by Janet Todd, leading scholar and editor of Austen's work, explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. Each novel is discussed in detail, and the essential information is given about her life and literary influences, her novels and letters, and her impact on later literature. For this second edition, the book has been fully revised; a new chapter explores the ways in which Austen's work has prompted imitations, adaptations and creative spin-offs. Key areas of current critical focus are considered throughout, but the book's analysis remains thoroughly grounded in readings of the texts themselves. Janet Todd outlines what makes Austen's prose style so innovative and gives useful starting points for the study of the major works, with suggestions for further reading.

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    ‘Easy to read and engaging, this is an excellent overview of Austen's work.’

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