Searching for Jane Austen
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (758 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0299201805 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Sign me up for class." according to HMS Warspite. It is entirely possible to read and enjoy Jane Austen's novels without appreciating her standing as a literary pioneer, but you shouldn't. 200Sign me up for class. HMS Warspite It is entirely possible to read and enjoy Jane Austen's novels without appreciating her standing as a literary pioneer, but you shouldn't. 2004's "Searching for Jane Austen", by University of Wisconsin Professor of English Emily Auerbach reads a bit like university lecture, but what excellent lectures they must be! Auerbach provides an entirely readable an. 's "Searching for Jane Austen", by University of Wisconsin Professor of English Emily Auerbach reads a bit like university lecture, but what excellent lectures they must be! Auerbach provides an entirely readable an. A Monumental Search Jane Austen's clergyman brother, along with other relatives, seemed to have some misguided need to present an image of her to the public which, sadly, has endured. Emily Auerbach, through a prodigious examination of Austen's novels and other writings dispels this myth of a docile, sweet, and gentle Jane Austen. I like to picture Ms. Austen giving a hearty . "THE book for the true Austen aficionado" according to Nancy Jenkins. I have read so many essays and articles and books re Austen's works-- talk about searching for Jane Austen. Auerbach's book is not only more comprehensive, but, to paraphrase Elizabeth Bennett, 5 TIMES as spot on as any of them. Really more like 100 times. I feel that for the first time someone really understands her. It is such a tremendous relief and suc
The Austen sketched here is an ambitious novelist, confident in her superior talent, with a subversive and biting sense of humor. Readers who enjoyed the novel The Jane Austen Book Club will find similar pleasures here, though the high price may prove an obstacle. Close readings of the novels, as well as the often ignored "juvenilia," reveal a rich literary sensibility dense with allusion—if you haven't read Austen already, the microscopic attention to detail here will make you pick
Searching for Jane Austen demolishes with wit and vivacity the often-held view of "Jane," a decorous maiden aunt writing her small drawing-room stories of teas and balls. She demonstrates that Austen constantly tested and improved her skills by setting herself a new challenge in each of her six novels. In addition, Auerbach considers Austen’s final irreverent writings, discusses her tragic death at the age of forty-one, and ferrets out ridiculous modern adaptations and illustrations, including ads, cartoons, book jackets, newspaper articles, plays, and films from our own time. Emily Auerbach presents a different Jane Austen—a brilliant writer who, despite the obstacles facing women of her time, worked seriously on improving her craft and became one of the world’s greatest novelists, a master of wit, irony, and character development. In this beautifully illustrated and lively work, Auerbach