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This 2005 collection of essays covering many aspects of Austen's life, works and historical context provides the fullest introduction in one volume to the life and times of Jane Austen. Jane Austen in Context is a generously illustrated collection of short, lively contributions arranged alphabetically, and covering topics from biography to portraits and agriculture to transport. An essay on the reception of Austen's work is also included, showing how criticism of Austen has responded to literary movements and fashions. The volume emphasises the subtle interactions between Austen's life and times and her novels. This is a work of reference that readers and scholars of Austen will turn to again and again.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Jane Austen in Context
• Author: Janet Todd
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 498
• EAN: 9780521688536
• ISBN: 0521688531
• ID: 04094119
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 644 g
• Dimensions: 217 × 139 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. September 2006

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