Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
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De Gruyter, Berlin
Examines Jane Austen's engagement with the broad range of artistic practices featured in her workPresents authoritative critical assessments, based on original research, of the representation of a broad range of artistic practice in the work of Jane...
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Examines Jane Austen's engagement with the broad range of artistic practices featured in her workPresents authoritative critical assessments, based on original research, of the representation of a broad range of artistic practice in the work of Jane AustenIncludes insightful and provocative readings of how Austen's writing has been adapted and transposed across media, including film, television, theatre and online environments Considers Austen's investigation of the arts in its full historical, philosophical and aesthetic contextComprises thirty-three specially commissioned chapters on Austen and the arts from well-established and emerging scholars from multiple academic disciplinesJane Austen was a keen consumer of the arts throughout her lifetime. The Edinburgh Companion to Jane Austen and the Arts considers how Austen represents the arts in her writing, from her juvenilia to her mature novels. The thirty-three original chapters in this Companion cover the full range of Austen's engagement with the arts, including the silhouette and the caricature, crafts, theatre, fashion, music and dance, together with the artistic potential of both interior and exterior spaces. This volume also explores her artistic afterlives in creative re-imaginings across different media, including adaptations and transpositions in film, television, theatre, digital platforms and games
"Illustrated volume presenting documents pertaining to the life, writing, reception, and reputation of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), including a chronology and secondary bibliography"--
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"Illustrated volume presenting documents pertaining to the life, writing, reception, and reputation of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), including a chronology and secondary bibliography"--
The birth of a poet, 1809-1831 -- The switch to prose, 1831-1837 -- The life of an unemployed magazinist in Jacksonian America, 1837-1839 -- The Philadelphia literary scene, 1839-1842 -- Phantasy-pieces, 1842-1844 -- The Broadway Journal, 1845 -- Downbound train, 1846-1849.
