What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 ian 2013

What are the right and wrong ways to propose marriage?What do the characters call each other, and why?And which important Austen characters never speak? In twenty short chapters, each of which answers a question prompted by Jane Austen's novels, John Mullan illuminates the themes that matter most to the workings of Austen's fiction. Inspired by an enthusiastic reader's curiosity, based on a lifetime's study and written with flair and insight, What Matters in Jane Austen? uncovers the hidden truth about an extraordinary fictional world.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408831694
ISBN-10: 1408831694
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Author is a well-known literary figure, writing the regular Guardian 'Book Club' column on fiction, and also appearing frequently on the BBC's Review Show

Notă biografică

John Mullan is a professor in the English department at UCL. He writes the regular 'Guardian Book Club' column on fiction in the Guardian and frequently appears on the BBC's Review Show. He was a judge of the 'Best of the Booker Prize' in 2008 and a judge of the Man Booker Prize itself in 2009. He has lectured widely on Jane Austen in the UK and also in the US, and makes regular appearances at the UK literary festivals.

Recenzii

There is plenty to enjoy in this parade of Austen micro-knowledge
Highly entertaining ... reveals a quite unexpected aspect to the novelist and her books
Any new book on Jane Austen raises the urgent question, Would I get more pleasure from reading this than from re-reading my favourite Jane Austen novel? If you decide to give What Matters in Jane Austen a chance you'll know after a few pages that you've made the right choice
[A] fine collection of essays ... Like all good literary critics, he has the happy knack of making you read even familiar works with fresh eyes, and the essays in this book are among the best of their kind
A detailed primer on Jane Austen's attitudes to sex, money, class and even the weather
Fascinating ... If you love Jane Austen, you'll love this book too - it's almost as good as finding an unpublished novel

Descriere

From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world

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