Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey/Persuasion (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)

By Enit Karafili Steiner

Book Overview

Northanger Abbey was one of Jane Austen's earliest manuscripts; Persuasion was her last. Published together in a single volume after her death, the two books differ widely. Northanger Abbey is a spirited, Gothic parody, while Persuasion has increasingly been seen as a new direction for the Austen canon. The two texts have been widely analysed and debated since publication, and continue to be so today.

In this Readers' Guide, Enit Karafili Steiner:

- delineates a clear trajectory through the books' many interpretations over two centuries, mapping these out thematically and chronologically

- contextualises and brings into dialogue influential approaches such as psychoanalytical criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, New Historicism, and feminism

- discusses film adaptations of the novels and their relation to literary criticism

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137432179
• ISBN13: 9781137432179
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"