Why Jane Austen?
By: Rachel M. Brownstein
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780231153904; 9780231527248
Subjects: Appreciation
Description: Rachel M. Brownstein considers Jane Austen as heroine, moralist, satirist, romantic, woman, and author, along with the changing notions of these categories over time and texts. She finds echoes of many of Austen's insights and techniques in contemporary Jane-o-mania, a commercially driven, erotically charged popular vogue that aims to preserve and liberate, correct and collaborate with old Jane.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why we read Jane Austen; title: Looking for Jane; title: Neighbors; title: Authors; title: Why we reread Jane Austen.