The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen Author:Edward Copeland (Editor), Juliet McMaster (Editor) Leading scholars present a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Jane Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world, and of present-day critical discourse. Besides discussions of Austen's novels and letters, there are essays on religion, politics, class consciousness, publishing practices, domestic economy, style in the novels... more » and the significance of her juvenile works. A chronology provides biographical information, and assessments of the history of Austen criticism highlight the most interesting recent studies in a vast field of critical diversity.
Includes:
* Chronology of Jane Austen's life by Dierdre Le Faye
* Professional woman writer by Jan Fergus
* Northanger Abbey, Sense and sensibility, Pride and prejudice by Rachel M. Brownstein
* Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion by John Wiltshire
* Short fiction by Margaret Ann Doody
* Letters by Carol Houlihan Flynn
* Class by Juliet McMaster
* Money by Edward Copeland
* Religion and politics by Gary Kelly
* Style by John F. Burrows
* Jane Austen and literary traditions by Isobel Grundy