Jane Austen's Emma (Routledge Guides to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415286514 ISBN 13: 9780415286510

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

Emma is widely regarded as Jane Austen's most perfectly constructed novel. At once a comedy of misunderstanding, a razor-sharp analysis of the English class-system, a classic tale of moral growth, and a romance that combines sense with sensibility, it has appealed to readers of every generation and critics of every disposition.
This sourcebook introduces readers not only to Jane Austen's text, but also to the literary and historical contexts within which the novel was written, and to the many different critical readings that it has generated, from the time of its publication to the twenty-first century. Each extract is fully introduced and analyzed, with a concluding section on recommended editions and further reading to prepare the reader for further study of this incomparable English novel.

About this title

About the Author

Paula Byrne has a PhD from the University of Liverpool and is the author of a highly acclaimed study of Jane Austen and the Theatre (2002). She is now a full□time critic and biographer and is writing a life of Austen’s near contemporary, the actress, novelist and poet Mary ‘Perdita’ Robinson.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415286514
• ISBN 13: 9780415286510
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Byrne Paula