Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey/Persuasion (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)
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- Synopsis
- Northanger Abbey was one of Jane Austen's earliest manuscripts; Persuasion was her last. Published together in a single volume after her death, the two books differ widely. Northanger Abbey is a spirited, Gothic parody, while Persuasion has increasingly been seen as a new direction for the Austen canon. The two texts have been widely analysed and debated since publication, and continue to be so today.In this Readers' Guide, Enit Karafili Steiner:- Delineates a clear trajectory through the books' many interpretations over two centuries, mapping these out thematically and chronologically.- Contextualises and brings into dialogue influential approaches such as psychoanalytical criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, New Historicism, and feminism.- Discusses film adaptations of the novels and their relation to literary criticism.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781350309395
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781137432162
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 11/06/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Enit Karafili Steiner
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.