Publication

2017 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

72,750 words, Guess

Page Count

291 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781421422824
  • Open LibraryOL27238426M

Classifications

  • DDC823/.7
  • LCCPR4038.I52 L66 2017
  • LCCPR4038.I52L66 2017

Description

"Returning author Devoney Looser has written a study of Jane Austen's legacy in high and popular culture, looking at stage and film adaptations of her work, how Austen has been taught in classrooms, Austen's depiction in visual culture, and Austen's role in the women's suffragist movement. Looser draws on popular print and unpublished archival sources, amassing evidence from high, middlebrow, and popular culture, in order to craft a more capacious history of posthumous reception. The book is a detailed and revealing account of what Looser calls the "public dimension" of Jane Austen, who is a "manufactured creation." Looser has dug deep and come up with brand-new material on Austen, something that is very hard to do. This is the kind of material that Janeites and Austen scholars live for"--

Subjects

Topics

HistoryEuropeanInfluenceLiteratureAdaptationsAppreciationAusten, Jane,

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