Jane Austen

A Brief Life

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Women Authors, Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book Jane Austen by Fiona Stafford, Yale University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Fiona Stafford ISBN: 9780300232837
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: July 25, 2017
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Fiona Stafford
ISBN: 9780300232837
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: July 25, 2017
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of her extraordinary achievements? At a time when most women received so little formal education and none could obtain a place at university, how did Austen come to write novels that have commanded the attention of some of the most brilliant minds ever since? Why were hers the books that Darwin knew by heart and Churchill read during the Blitz?

In this graceful introduction to the author’s life and works, Fiona Stafford offers a fresh and accessible perspective, discussing Austen’s six astonishing novels in the context of their time. Newly updated, Jane Austen: A Brief Life offers a rich and sympathetic insight into a writer who was just as much the Romantic genius as Keats, Shelley or Byron – full of youthful exuberance, intensely creative once she had found her individual voice, and dead before she reached middle age.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of her extraordinary achievements? At a time when most women received so little formal education and none could obtain a place at university, how did Austen come to write novels that have commanded the attention of some of the most brilliant minds ever since? Why were hers the books that Darwin knew by heart and Churchill read during the Blitz?

In this graceful introduction to the author’s life and works, Fiona Stafford offers a fresh and accessible perspective, discussing Austen’s six astonishing novels in the context of their time. Newly updated, Jane Austen: A Brief Life offers a rich and sympathetic insight into a writer who was just as much the Romantic genius as Keats, Shelley or Byron – full of youthful exuberance, intensely creative once she had found her individual voice, and dead before she reached middle age.

More books from Yale University Press

Cover of the book Mark Rothko by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book A Complicated Man by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book The Selected Correspondence of Aaron Copland by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book A Golden Weed by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book A History of Modern South Asia by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book Financial Statecraft by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book Corridors of Power by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book Faust by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book Edward II by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book How Intelligence Happens by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book Realist Vision by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book Miracles at the Jesus Oak: Histories of the Supernatural in Reformation Europe by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book The Little Review "Ulysses" by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book Saving the World's Deciduous Forests by Fiona Stafford
Cover of the book The Gifted Passage by Fiona Stafford
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy