| Description |
xxx, 467 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The Cambridge edition of the works of Jane Austen
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Works. 2005.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-456) and index. |
| Contents |
Chronology -- PART I LIFE AND WORKS -- 1. Biography -- 2. Chronology of composition and publication -- 3. Language -- 4. Letters -- 5. Literary influences -- 6. Memoirs and biographies -- 7. Poetry -- 8. Portraits -- PART II CRITICAL FORTUNES -- 9. Critical responses, early -- 10. Critical responses, 1830-1970 -- 11. Critical responses, recent -- 12. Cult of Jane Austen -- 13. Later publishing history, with illustrations -- 14. Sequels -- 15. Translations -- PART III HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT -- 16. Agriculture -- 17. Book production -- 18. Cities -- 19. Consumer goods -- 20. Domestic architecture -- 21. Dress -- 22. Education and accomplishments -- 23. Food -- 24. Landownership -- 25. Landscape -- 26. Literary scene -- 27. Manners -- 28. Medicine, illness and disease -- 29. Money -- 30. Nationalism and empire -- 31. Pastimes -- 32. Philosophy -- 33. Politics -- 34. Professions -- 35. Psychology -- 36. Rank -- 37. Reading practices -- 38. Religion -- 39. Trade -- 40. Transport. |
| Summary |
Includes information on Bath, Frances Burney, George Gordon Byron, Church of England, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Maria Edgeworth, Emma, Gothic novel, Lady Susan, London, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Ann Radcliffe, Samuel Richardson, Sir Walter Scott, Sense and Sensibility, Sir Charles Grandison, slavery, Adam Smith, Steventon, The Watsons, Mary Wollstonecraft, etc. |
| Subject |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Encyclopedias.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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| Subject |
Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography -- Encyclopedias.
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Novelists, English. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Encyclopedias.
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Women and literature. |
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England. |
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History. |
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Encyclopédies. |
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Romanciers anglais -- 19e siècle -- Biographies -- Encyclopédies. |
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Romancières anglaises -- 19e siècle -- Biographies -- Encyclopédies. |
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Femmes et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Encyclopédies. |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Todd, Janet, 1942-
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| ISBN |
0521826446 |
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9780521826440 |
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