What Matters in Jane Austen?

Twenty Essential Questions Answered

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Av John Mullan

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'Any new book on Jane Austen raises the urgent question, Would I get more pleasure from reading this than from re-reading my favourite Jane Austen novel? If you decide to give What Matters in Jane Austen? a chance you'll know after a few pages that you've made the right choice' John Carey, Sunday Times'Almost as good as finding an unpublished novel' The LadyIs there any sex in Jane Austen?Why do her plots rely on blunders?And which important characters never actually speak?In twenty short chapters, each of which answers a question prompted by Jane Austen's novels, John Mullan illuminates the themes that matter most to the workings of Austen's fiction. Inspired by an enthusiastic reader's curiosity, based on a lifetime's study and written with flair and insight, What Matters in Jane Austen? uncovers the hidden truth about an extraordinary fictional world.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-01-17
Mått130 x 199 x 22 mm
Vikt242 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781408831694

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John Mullan is a professor in the English department at UCL. He writes the regular 'Guardian Book Club' column on fiction in the Guardian and frequently appears on the BBC's Review Show. He was a judge of the 'Best of the Booker Prize' in 2008 and a judge of the Man Booker Prize itself in 2009. He has lectured widely on Jane Austen in the UK and also in the US, and makes regular appearances at the UK literary festivals.