Jane's Fame How Jane Austen Conquered the World

Name: Jane's Fame How Jane Austen Conquered the World
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ISBN: 9780312680657

ISBN-10: 0312680651

ISBN-13: 9780312680657

Edition: N/A

Authors: Claire Harman

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Janers"s Fame tells the fascinating story of Jane Austenrs"s renown, from the years of rejection the author faced during her lifetime to the global recognition and adoration she now enjoys. Almost two hundred years after her death, Austen remains a hot topic, constantly open to revival and reinterpretation and known to millions of people through film and television adaptations as much as through her books. In Janers"s Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography'”of both the author and her lasting cultural influence'”making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austenrs"s life, works, and remarkably potent fame.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 2/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Illustration Credits


Preface



"Authors Too Ourselves"



Praise and Pewter



Mouldering in the Grave



A Vexed Question



Divine Jane



Canon and Canonization



Jane Austenï¿½


Abbreviations


Notes


Manuscript Sources


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index