| Author/Contributor(s): | Brownstein, Rachel |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 01/15/2013 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Rachel M. Brownstein explores the relationship between two different subjects: Jane Austen's novels and the contemporary Jane Austen vogue. Why is this long-dead English novelist the darling of feminists, romantic fantasists, straight-laced scholars, and giddy fans? Moving from textual analysis to cultural commentary, ranging from college classrooms to country villages to Colin Firth, Brownstein examines notions of the novelist as a perfect artist, a perfect lady, a secluded spinster, and now, ironically, a celebrity.