The life of the author Jane Austen
Introduction. A life in letters -- Austen's life in letters -- Austen's letters in family "lives" -- Cassandra and correspondence -- The sisterhood of the letters -- Novels in letters : letters into novels -- Letters and novels : places and spaces -- Letters and patchwork : scrap...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Hoboken, NJ, Chichester, West Sussex
Wiley Blackwell
2023
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | The life of the author
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction. A life in letters -- Austen's life in letters -- Austen's letters in family "lives" -- Cassandra and correspondence -- The sisterhood of the letters -- Novels in letters : letters into novels -- Letters and novels : places and spaces -- Letters and patchwork : scraps in the life -- Conclusion letters and biography: Prisms, kaleidoscopes, 'elephants & kangaroons'. "This biography revitalises Jane Austen's life by focusing on the evidence and narrative possibilities of her letters. The book creates three frames for her literary life and output by following parallel paths through her correspondence. In three pairs of chapters the letters are viewed thematically through the prisms of personal and family life writing, Austen's circle of correspondents, and significant places in her life and novels. The final chapter explores other areas of speculative interest in Austen by rereading documentary scraps from the letters' standpoint. Discussion of the works includes the letters themselves as well as the juvenile writings and unpublished novels. There is particular emphasis on Austen's female circle and the ways in which her life evidence has been treated leading up to the bicentenary of her death. The aim has been to open up literary-biographical interpretation by suggesting ways of re-addressing an apparently inexhaustible biographical subject"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 210 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781119779346 978-1-119-77934-6 |