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Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets
William Deresiewicz
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Description for Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets
This elegant book traces the two major periods of Jane Austen's work in order to demonstrate the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on the later novels. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
This elegant and thoughtful work offers an important new way of understanding Jane Austen by defining the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on her later novels. In comparing the earlier and later phases of Austen's career, Deresiewicz addresses an important yet neglected issue regarding her work: the longstanding critical consensus that Austen's last three novels (Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion) represent far greater artistic achievements than do her first three (Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice). Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets offers a rich account of the differences between the two phases of Austen's ... Read more
This elegant and thoughtful work offers an important new way of understanding Jane Austen by defining the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on her later novels. In comparing the earlier and later phases of Austen's career, Deresiewicz addresses an important yet neglected issue regarding her work: the longstanding critical consensus that Austen's last three novels (Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion) represent far greater artistic achievements than do her first three (Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice). Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets offers a rich account of the differences between the two phases of Austen's ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231134149
SKU
V9780231134149
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Ref
99-15
About William Deresiewicz
William Deresiewicz is an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Yale University. He has written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, the Nation, and the London Review of Books.
Reviews for Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets
Comprehensive in its scope, ambitious in its aims.
Michael Caines Times Literary Supplement This is an important, well-written book that makes a number of bold claims about Austen's work.
Beth Lau Newsletter of the Jane Austen Society of North America
Michael Caines Times Literary Supplement This is an important, well-written book that makes a number of bold claims about Austen's work.
Beth Lau Newsletter of the Jane Austen Society of North America