Jane Austen and her readers, 1786-1945 / Katie Halsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halsey, Katie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Criticism and interpretation--History.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Appreciation.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Influence.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Knowledge and learning--Literature.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Literature.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Books and reading.

Books and reading--Great Britain--History.

Books and reading.

Reader-response criticism--Great Britain.

Reader-response criticism.

Authors and readers.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

Authors and readers--Great Britain--History.

Physical Description:

viii, 290 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Anthem Press, 2012.

Summary:

Halsey (18th-century literature, U. of Stirling, Scotland) explores what she characterizes as the complex and unequal relationship between texts and readers. She begins by looking at Austen's (1775-1817) negotiations with her reading; her reinterpretations of the period's strictures about reading women and women's readings; and her representations of readers in her novels, letters, juvenilia, and fragments. Then she shifts focus to the textual and historical contexts of Austen's works, and the kinds of relationships that British historical readers have had with Austen and her novels. Distributed in the US by Books International, Incorporated. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Jane Austen's reading in context

Jane Austen's negotiations with her reading

Jane Austen's games of ingenuity

Austen's readers: contexts I

Austen's readers: contexts II

Austen's readers I: affection and appropriation

Austen's readers II: opposition and resistance

Austen's readers III: friendship and criticism

Austen's readers IV: sociability and devotion..

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857283528

0857283529

OCLC:

712119576