| Author: | Enit Karafili Steiner | ISBN: | 9781137432186 |
| Publisher: | Macmillan Education UK | Publication: | March 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Red Globe Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Enit Karafili Steiner |
| ISBN: | 9781137432186 |
| Publisher: | Macmillan Education UK |
| Publication: | March 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Red Globe Press |
| Language: | English |
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
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
