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

• Autore: Halsey Katie
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 823/.7
• Soggetto topico: Books and reading - Great Britain - History; Reader-response criticism - Great Britain; Authors and readers - Great Britain - History
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Jane Austen & her Readers, 1786–1945
• Titolo autorizzato: Jane Austen and her readers, 1786-1945
• ISBN: 1-78308-081-7; 1-280-38503-0; 9786613562951; 0-85728-944-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452056803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series