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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
extensively illustrated, A New Jane Austen will inform and delight
scholars and Austen fans alike.
The first bookto investigate Jane Austen's popular significance
today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur
readers, how they make use of hernovels, what they gain from
visiting places associated with her, and why theycreate works of
fiction and nonfiction inspired by her novels and life.The voices
of everyday readers emerge fromboth published and unpublished
sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and
archival research into thefounding of the Jane Austen Society of
North America and the exceptional Austencollection of Alberta
Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore.Additional topics include new
Austenportraits; portrayals of Austen, and of Austen fans, in film
and fiction; andhybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with
horror, erotica, or explicitChristianity.Everybody's Jane will
appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we
think about theimportance of literature and reading today.
Reading Austen in America presents a colorful, compelling account
of how an appreciative audience for Austen's novels originated and
developed in America, and how American readers contributed to the
rise of Austen's international fame. Drawing on a range of sources
that have never before come to light, Juliette Wells solves the
long-standing bibliographical mystery of how and why the first
Austen novel printed in America-the 1816 Philadelphia Emma-came to
be. She reveals the responses of this book's varied readers and
creates an extended portrait of one: Christian, Countess of
Dalhousie, a Scotswoman living in British North America. Through
original archival research, Wells establishes the significance to
reception history of two transatlantic friendships: the first
between ardent Austen enthusiasts in Boston and members of Austen's
family in the nineteenth century, and the second between an Austen
collector in Baltimore and an aspiring bibliographer in England in
the twentieth.
Although previous scholarship has acknowledged the importance of
the visual arts to the Brontes, relatively little attention has
been paid to the influence of music, theatre, and material culture
on the siblings' lives and literature. This interdisciplinary
collection presents new research on the Brontes' relationship to
the wider world of the arts, including their relationship to the
visual arts. The contributors examine the siblings' artistic
ambitions, productions, and literary representations of creative
work in both amateur and professional realms. Also considered are
re-envisionings of the Brontes' works, with an emphasis on those
created in the artistic media the siblings themselves knew or
practiced. With essays by scholars who represent the fields of
literary studies, music, art, theatre studies, and material
culture, the volume brings together the strongest current research
and suggests areas for future work on the Brontes and their
cultural contexts.
The first of its kind, this collection brings together writers from
diverse academic and nonacademic worlds to explore how Austen's
readers experience and process her novels' erotic power. Are Jane
Austen's novels sexy? For many Austen lovers, the answer is a
resounding "Yes!" From the moment Colin Firth stripped down to his
breeches and shirt in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice, screen
adaptations inspired by Austen's novels have banked on their
ability to depict sexual tension and romantic desire. Meanwhile,
the success of spin-offs, sequels, and elaborations confirms that
Austen's novels have become a potent aphrodisiac for everyday
readers. Clearly, the fourteen million viewers who watched Firth's
unveiling were onto something: Austen's novels turn people on. Jane
Austen, Sex, and Romance: Engaging with Desire in the Novels and
Beyond brings together a range of voices-from literary scholars to
video game designers-to explore how different types of readers
experience the realm of desire and the erotic in all things Austen.
In this timely collection, writers, critics, journalists, and
authors of internet content weigh in on sex and romance in Austen's
works and in the conversations and creations the novels
inspire-from sequels to critical analyses to online role-playing
games. Contributors examine what is at stake for each set of Austen
enthusiasts when Eros is added to the equation, in so doing
building on the long tradition of Austen criticism and enriching
our appreciation of the novels.
Although previous scholarship has acknowledged the importance of
the visual arts to the Brontes, relatively little attention has
been paid to the influence of music, theatre, and material culture
on the siblings' lives and literature. This interdisciplinary
collection presents new research on the Brontes' relationship to
the wider world of the arts, including their relationship to the
visual arts. The contributors examine the siblings' artistic
ambitions, productions, and literary representations of creative
work in both amateur and professional realms. Also considered are
re-envisionings of the Brontes' works, with an emphasis on those
created in the artistic media the siblings themselves knew or
practiced. With essays by scholars who represent the fields of
literary studies, music, art, theatre studies, and material
culture, the volume brings together the strongest current research
and suggests areas for future work on the Brontes and their
cultural contexts.
Reading Austen in America presents a colorful, compelling account
of how an appreciative audience for Austen's novels originated and
developed in America, and how American readers contributed to the
rise of Austen's international fame. Drawing on a range of sources
that have never before come to light, Juliette Wells solves the
long-standing bibliographical mystery of how and why the first
Austen novel printed in America-the 1816 Philadelphia Emma-came to
be. She reveals the responses of this book's varied readers and
creates an extended portrait of one: Christian, Countess of
Dalhousie, a Scotswoman living in British North America. Through
original archival research, Wells establishes the significance to
reception history of two transatlantic friendships: the first
between ardent Austen enthusiasts in Boston and members of Austen's
family in the nineteenth century, and the second between an Austen
collector in Baltimore and an aspiring bibliographer in England in
the twentieth.
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
extensively illustrated, A New Jane Austen will inform and delight
scholars and Austen fans alike.
The first book to investigate Jane Austen's popular significance
today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur
readers, how they make use of her novels, what they gain from
visiting places associated with her, and why they create works of
fiction and nonfiction inspired by her novels and life. The voices
of everyday readers emerge from both published and unpublished
sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and
archival research into the founding of the Jane Austen Society of
North America and the exceptional Austen collection of Alberta
Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore. Additional topics include new
Austen portraits; portrayals of Austen, and of Austen fans, in film
and fiction; and hybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with
horror, erotica, or explicit Christianity. Everybody's Jane will
appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we
think about the importance of literature and reading today.
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