Why Jane Austen? Rachel M. Brownstein.

By:

Brownstein, Rachel M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 2011Description: xi, 285 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780231153904 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Appreciation

DDC classification:

823.7 BRO/Why 22

LOC classification:

PR4037 .B76 2011

Contents:

Why we read Jane Austen -- Looking for Jane -- Neighbors -- Authors -- Why we reread Jane Austen.

Summary: Rachel M. Brownstein considers Jane Austen as heroine, moralist, satirist, romantic, woman, and author, along with the changing notions of these categories over time and texts. She finds echoes of many of Austen's insights and techniques in contemporary Jane-o-mania, a commercially driven, erotically charged popular vogue that aims to preserve and liberate, correct and collaborate with old Jane.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why we read Jane Austen -- Looking for Jane -- Neighbors -- Authors -- Why we reread Jane Austen.

Rachel M. Brownstein considers Jane Austen as heroine, moralist, satirist, romantic, woman, and author, along with the changing notions of these categories over time and texts. She finds echoes of many of Austen's insights and techniques in contemporary Jane-o-mania, a commercially driven, erotically charged popular vogue that aims to preserve and liberate, correct and collaborate with old Jane.

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