Among the most important English novelists, Jane Austen is unusual because esteemed not only by academics but also by the reading public: her novels continue to sell well, and films adapted from her works enjoy box-office success. The trajectory of...
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Among the most important English novelists, Jane Austen is unusual because esteemed not only by academics but also by the reading public: her novels continue to sell well, and films adapted from her works enjoy box-office success. The trajectory of Austen
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Frontcover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1: Becoming England's Jane, 1811-1918; 2: Modernist, Humanist, and New Critical Approaches, 1918-1948; 3: The Zenith of Formalist and Humanist Criticism, 1949-1974; 4: The Austen Bicentenary, 1975 (and Beyond); 5: The Feminist Revolution in Austen Studies, 1976-1990; 6: Austen among the Theorists, 1976-1990; 7: Traditional Criticism, 1976-1990; 8: Theory-Based Criticism of Austen, 1991-2008; 9: Traditional Approaches to Austen, 1991-2008; 10: Speculations on the Future; WORKS BY JANE AUSTEN; CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS CITED; INDEX
