30 Great Myths about Jane Austen by Claudia L. Johnson (English) Paperback Book

Description: 30 Great Myths about Jane Austen by Claudia L. Johnson, Clara Tuite A fascinating look into the myths that continue to shape our understanding and appreciation of Jane Austen. Was Jane Austen the best-selling novelist of her time? Are all her novels romances? Did they depict the traditional world of the aristocracy? Is Austens writing easy to understand? Well into the 21st century, Jane Austen continues to be one of the most compelling novelists in all English literature. Many of her ideas about class, family, history, intimacy, manners, love, desire, and society, have inspired "myths" that are often contradictory — she was a Tory who was also a liberal feminist, or, her novels are at once sharply satirical and unapologetically romantic. Myths, like Austens works, are dynamic, changing over time and impacting how we read and interpret literature. 30 Great Myths about Jane Austen examines the accepted beliefs — both true and untrue —that have most influenced our readings of Austen. Rather than simply de-bunking, or validating, commonly-held views about Austen, authors Claudia L. Johnson and Clara Tuite explore how these myths can be used to engage with the life, work, and reception of Jane Austen. Applying the most up-to-date scholarship to better understand how myths shape our appreciation of Jane Austen, this fascinating volume: Introduces readers to the history of Austen reception, both in academic scholarship and in the general publicExamines Jane Austens life and letters, her historical contexts, her texts, and their afterlivesDiscusses Austens influence on the development of literary criticism as a discipline Explores each of Austens main novels, as well as relatively obscure texts such as Sanditon and The Watsons Offering engaging narrative and original insights, 30 Great Myths about Jane Austen is a must-read for scholars, instructors, and students of English and Romantic literature, as well as general readers with interest in the life and works of Jane Austen. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover 30 GREAT MYTHS ABOUT JANE AUSTEN We all know Jane Austen never mentions the war. It was only women who read her novels, after all. But what about all those men in uniform? Was there really no sex in Jane Austens world? In a series of short essays, 30 Great Myths About Jane Austen examines myths like these that have shaped our reading of Jane Austen. For like Austens novels themselves, myths about Austen can also claim greatness. Great myths about Austen have a powerful impact on how we read and re-read. This volume takes 30 of the most powerful myths about Austen and explores their social, emotional, and imaginative lives--showing how they illuminate Austens life, work and reception, and why they have the hold they do over our hearts and minds. Along the way, the authors apply the most up-to-date scholarship to questions that continue to shape our appreciation of Jane Austen and her writings and the changing historical contexts in which they continue to delight, intrigue and excite. Offering engaging narrative and original insights, 30 Great Myths About Jane Austen is a must-read for scholars, instructors and students of English and Romantic literature, as well as general readers with interest in the life and works of Jane Austen. Flap 30 GREAT MYTHS ABOUT JANE AUSTEN We all know Jane Austen never mentions the war. It was only women who read her novels, after all. But what about all those men in uniform? Was there really no sex in Jane Austens world? In a series of short essays, 30 Great Myths About Jane Austen examines myths like these that have shaped our reading of Jane Austen. For like Austens novels themselves, myths about Austen can also claim greatness. Great myths about Austen have a powerful impact on how we read and re-read. This volume takes 30 of the most powerful myths about Austen and explores their social, emotional, and imaginative lives--showing how they illuminate Austens life, work and reception, and why they have the hold they do over our hearts and minds. Along the way, the authors apply the most up-to-date scholarship to questions that continue to shape our appreciation of Jane Austen and her writings and the changing historical contexts in which they continue to delight, intrigue and excite. Offering engaging narrative and original insights, 30 Great Myths About Jane Austen is a must-read for scholars, instructors and students of English and Romantic literature, as well as general readers with interest in the life and works of Jane Austen. Author Biography Claudia L. Johnson is the Murray Professor of English at Princeton University. She specializes in Eighteenth-Century and Nineteenth-Century British literature, and gender studies. Renowned for her works on Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft, Johnsons books include Jane Austen: Women, Politics, and the Novel; Equivocal Beings: Politics, Gender and Sentimentality in the 1790s; and Jane Austens Cults and Cultures, which won the Christian Gauss Award. Clara Tuite is Professor of English at the University of Melbourne, a Co-Director of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Contemporary Culture Research Unit, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her books include Romantic Austen: Sexual Politics and the Literary Canon and Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity, which was awarded the Elma Dangerfield Prize by the International Association of Byron Societies. Table of Contents Abbreviations and Note on the Text vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction xi Myth 1 Jane Austen had no interest in fame 1 Myth 2 There is no sex in Jane Austens novels 7 Myth 3 Jane Austen wrote on little bits of ivory 14 Myth 4 Jane Austens juvenilia are scraps which she outgrew 19 Myth 5 Jane Austens novels are naturalistic 27 Myth 6 Jane Austen was unconscious of her art 34 Myth 7 Northanger Abbey is a spoof on Gothic fiction 43 Myth 8 The Bath Jane Austen knew and loathed 49 Myth 9 Jane Austens writing is easy to understand 56 Myth 10 Sense and Sensibility is a satire on sensibility 61 Myth 11 Jane Austen was the best-selling novelist of her time 66 Myth 12 Regency Austen 72 Myth 13 Only women read Jane Austen 80 Myth 14 As Pride and Prejudice shows, all Austens novels are love stories 85 Myth 15 Jane Austen never mentions the war 93 Myth 16 Something happened to Jane Austen when she wrote Mansfield Park 101 Myth 17 Jane Austen disapproved of the theater 107 Myth 18 Jane Austen was a Christian moralist 114 Myth 19 In Emma, Jane Austen created a heroine no one but an author would love 120 Myth 20 Jane Austen and the amorous effects of brass 128 Myth 21 Persuasion is an autumnal novel 134 Myth 22 Jane Austen was a feminist/Jane Austen was not a feminist 141 Myth 23 Jane Austens letters are mean and trivial 147 Myth 24 Jane Austen was anonymous 155 Myth 25 Jane Austens novels depict the traditional world of the aristocracy 160 Myth 26 Jane Austen was a comic novelist 168 Myth 27 Jane Austens novels are about good manners 174 Myth 28 Jane Austens muslins 179 Myth 29 Jane Austen writes escape fiction 187 Myth 30 Jane Austen was a star-crossed lover 193 Further Reading 200 Index 203 Details ISBN1119146860 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1119146860 ISBN-13 9781119146865 Pages 224 Language English Format Paperback Imprint Wiley-Blackwell DEWEY 823.7 Publication Date 2020-08-13 UK Release Date 2020-08-13 NZ Release Date 2020-08-18 Author Clara Tuite Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Place of Publication Hoboken Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2020-08-13 AU Release Date 2020-07-30 Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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