Wells Dr Juliette (Elizabeth Connolly Todd Distinguished Associate Professor Goucher College Goucher College Usa) - A New Jane Austen How Americans Brought Us The World's Greatest Novelist - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Completing Juliette Wells groundbreaking trio of books on Austen's readers this latest volume revolutionizes our understanding of how Austen came to be viewed as the world's greatest novelist. Wells shows that Austen's global reputation was established not by British scholars as is commonly believed but by visionary American writers and collectors working largely outside academia. Drawing on extensive research Wells weaves together colorful compelling case studies of men and women who from the 1880s to the 1980s helped readers appreciate Austen's novels persuasively advocated for her place in the literary canon and preserved artifacts vital to her legacy. Engagingly written and abundantly illustrated A New Jane Austen will inform and delight scholars and Austen fans alike.
Title: A New Jane Austen How Americans Brought Us The World's Greatest Novelist
Author(s): Wells Dr Juliette (Elizabeth Connolly Todd Distinguished Associate Professor Goucher College Goucher College Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350365506
Pages: 272 Pages, 35 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 10/5/2023
Category: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers