Emma : an authoritative text, contexts, criticism / Jane Austen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Contributor:

Justice, George.

Series:

Norton critical edition

A Norton critical edition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Fathers and daughters.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Mate selection--Fiction.

Mate selection.

England--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

England.

Manners and customs.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma.

Austen, Jane.

Genre:

Fiction.

Humorous fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Love stories.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition / edited by George Justice.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012]

Summary:

In the introduction to this edition of Austen's celebrated novel, Justice (English, U. of Missouri-Columbia) discusses major questions and themes brought up by the novel, touching on Austen's narrative technique, Austen and social class, gender relations during the period, and satire in Emma. The novel itself includes notes. The second part of the book is a collection of correspondence by Austen and her contemporaries, as well as essays on Emma by Austen and other authors from her time period and later, by writers such as Charlotte Bronte and Virginia Woolf. There is background on the customs of the period, and the complete text of the two poems referred to in the novel is provided. The book's final section offers contemporary 20th century criticism from the past 50 years, delving into topics such as sex and social life in Austen's novels, and Emma as subversive of the slave trade. A detailed chronology of Austen's life is included. The author has written other books on 18th-century literature. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780393927641

0393927644

OCLC:

740281628