Author Description

<p>Jane Austen is one of England's most enduringly popular authors, renowned for her subtle observations of the provincial middle classes of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England.<br> This guide to Austen's much-loved work offers:</p> <ul> <li>an accessible introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of Austen's texts, including film adaptations, from publication to the present</li> <li>an introduction to key critical texts and perspectives on Austen's life and work, situated within a broader critical history</li> <li>cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism</li> <li>suggestions for further reading.</li> </ul> <p>Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Jane Austen and seeking not only a guide to her works but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.</p>