The making of Jane Austen
By: Devoney Looser
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781421422824
Subjects: History and criticism; Adaptations; Social aspects; Criticism and interpretation; English literature; Influence; Appreciation; History
Description: "Returning author Devoney Looser has written a study of Jane Austen's legacy in high and popular culture, looking at stage and film adaptations of her work, how Austen has been taught in classrooms, Austen's depiction in visual culture, and Austen's role in the women's suffragist movement. Looser draws on popular print and unpublished archival sources, amassing evidence from high, middlebrow, and popular culture, in order to craft a more capacious history of posthumous reception. The book is a detailed and revealing account of what Looser calls the "public dimension" of Jane Austen, who is a "manufactured creation." Looser has dug deep and come up with brand-new material on Austen, something that is very hard to do. This is the kind of material that Janeites and Austen scholars live for"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.