num_pages: 268
description: Leading scholars present a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Jane Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world, and of present-day critical discourse. Besides discussions of Austen's novels and letters, there are essays on religion, politics, class consciousness, publishing practices, domestic economy, style in the novels and the significance of her juvenile works. A chronology provides biographical information, and assessments of the history of Austen criticism highlight the most interesting recent studies in a vast field of critical diversity.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen
genres: History, Books About Books, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Reference, Literature, 19th Century, Essays, Nonfiction, Academic
ratings_count: 409
publisher: Cambridge University Press