Brownstein, Rachel M.

Why Jane Austen ? [Texte imprimé] / Rachel M. Brownstein - New York : Columbia University Press, cop. 2011 - 1 vol. (XI-285 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm

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Why we read Jane Austen -- Looking for Jane -- Neighbors -- Authors -- Why we reread Jane Austen.

Rachel M. Brownstein considers Jane Austen as heroine, moralist, satirist, romantic, woman, and author, along with the changing notions of these categories over time and texts. She finds echoes of many of Austen's insights and techniques in contemporary Jane-o-mania, a commercially driven, erotically charged popular vogue that aims to preserve and liberate, correct and collaborate with old Jane.

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