John Mullan

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What Matters in Jane Austen?

Twenty Essential Questions Answered

Beschreibung

From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world

Autor

John Mullan is Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London. He has published widely on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, his books including The Artful Dickens (Bloomsbury, 2020). He has edited Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and Emma for Oxford World's Classics. He is also a broadcaster and journalist, writing on contemporary fiction for the Guardian. He has taught Austen to university students for over three decades, and has lectured widely to lovers of her fiction in both the UK and the US.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 135mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9781526693945
• ISBN-10: 1526693941
• Artikelnr.: 73493962

Rezensionen

There is plenty to enjoy in this parade of Austen micro-knowledge