Jane Austen the Novelist: Essays Past and Present

by Juliet McMaster

In these informed and entertaining essays, Juliet McMaster's recurring concern is with the interpenetration of intelligence with emotion among Jane Austen's characters. The author, a leading Jane Austen scholar, begins with an exploration of Austen's burgeoning popularity in our culture, though close studies of lesser-well known works such as 'Love and Friendship' and 'The Watsons', and familiar texts such as 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma', moving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333599268
• ISBN13: 9780333599266
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"