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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452056803321

Autore

Halsey Katie

Titolo

Jane Austen and her readers, 1786-1945 / / Katie Halsey [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-78308-081-7

1-280-38503-0

9786613562951

0-85728-944-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series

Disciplina

823/.7

Soggetti

Books and reading - Great Britain - History

Reader-response criticism - Great Britain

Authors and readers - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Jane Austen's reading in context -- Jane Austen's negotiations with reading -- Jane Austen's games of ingenuity -- Austen's readers : contexts I -- Austen's readers : contexts II -- Austen's readers I : affection and appropriation -- Austen's readers II : opposition and resistance -- Austen's readers III : friendship and criticism -- Austen's readers IV : sociability and devotion.

Sommario/riassunto

‘Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945’ is a study of the history of reading Jane Austen’s novels. It discusses Austen’s own ideas about books and readers, the uses she makes of her reading, and the aspects of her style that are related to the ways in which she has been read. The volume considers the role of editions and criticism in directing readers’ responses, and presents and analyses a variety of source material related to the ordinary readers who read Austen’s works between 1786 and 1945.