Jane Austen : Critical Assessments. [ Complete set, 4 volumes ]

by Littlewood, I

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Helm Information, Robertsbridge, first edition, 1998. 4 vols, rexine, 8vo, in publisher s card box, 24 cm,. xviii, 474 + vii, 455 + vii, 414 + vii, 554 pp. An attractively produced set bringing together much of the most important critical material on Jane Austen, with an introduction, a chronology of Austen s life, a bibliography of her writings, a critical bibliography, and a chronological list of criticism included in the set. Vol. 1: Biographical Background; Publishing History; Critical History; The Nineteenth Century Response; Writers on Jane Austen; Vol. 2 : The Social Background, The Intellectual Background; The Twentieth Century Response; Vol. 3 : Juvenilia; Lady Susan; The Watsons; The Letters; Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Vol. 4 : Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion; Sanditon. From the publisher s description: Volume I begin with sections on Jane Austen s life and the chronology, publication and reception of her writings. These are followed by nineteenth-century reviews and articles, and, in conclusion, the section Writers on Jane Austen . Volume II consists of a series of pieces on Jane Austen s social and intellectual background, followed by a section on the twentieth-century response to her work as a whole. Volumes III and IV are devoted to criticism of individual works. From a review of the series : The Helm Information Critical Assessments of Writers in English, under the general editorship of Graham Clarke, is an invaluable aid to

• Publisher: Helm Information, Robertsbridge, first edition, 1998
• Year: 1998
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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