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Life of Jane Austen by John Halperin (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-100801855098
ISBN-139780801855092
eBay Product ID (ePID)550029
Product Key Features
Number of Pages390 Pages
Publication NameLife of Jane Austen
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLiterary, Semiotics & Theory, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year1996
FeaturesReprint
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJohn Halperin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight19.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition19
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Halperin teases his Jane as he admires her, and by being so completely from another world does indeed makes us see her in a different way. He takes her right out of the incestuous love or hate embrace in which Janeites and anti- Janeites have concealed her so long. That is quite an accomplishment."--John Bayley, New York Review of Books, "A fine contribution to Austen studies, for the details of her life, sound appraisals of her books, and identification of the many autobiographical elements in them."--Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal, ''An excellent book, agreeably and lucidly written.''--Fay Weldon ''Halperin teases his Jane as he admires her, and by being so completely from another world does indeed makes us see her in a different way. He takes her right out of the incestuous love or hate embrace in which Janeites and anti- Janeites have concealed her so long. That is quite an accomplishment.''--John Bayley, 'New York Review of Books' ''A fine contribution to Austen studies, for the details of her life, sound appraisals of her books, and identification of the many autobiographical elements in them.''--Edmund Fuller, 'Wall Street Journal'
Dewey Decimal823/.7
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisFeaturing a new preface by the author, this paperback edition of John Halperin's acclaimed and controversial biography moves beyond the usually vague account of Austen's life and away from the serene and untroubled image of Austen created by a protective family. In The Life ofJane Austen, Halperin reveals a robust, vigorous, and at times difficult ......, Featuring a new preface by the author, this paperback edition of John Halperin's acclaimed and controversial biography moves beyond the usually vague account of Austen's life and away from the serene and untroubled image of Austen created by a protective family. In The Life ofJane Austen, Halperin reveals a robust, vigorous, and at times difficult woman with a large and diverse circle of family and acquaintances. He documents her troubled relationship with a hypochondriacal mother and her frank dislike of the sister-in-law who usurped her childhood home, sheds new light on the shadowy existence of a retarded older brother, and sets forth in greater detail than ever before the number and nature of Austen's relations to her suitors, the romantic passages of her life, and her attitude about childbearing. Making fuller use of Austen's correspondence than previous biographers, Halperin shows us the costs exacted on a sensitive and critical personality by a society--and, frequently, a family--that paid too little attention to the predicament of unmarried women, especially those with inadequate financial means., Making fuller use of Austen's correspondence than previous biographers, Halperin shows us the costs exacted on a sensitive and critical personality by a society--and, frequently, a family--that paid too little attention to the predicament of unmarried women, especially those with inadequate financial means.
LC Classification NumberPR4036
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