Jane's Fame How Jane Austen Conquered the World (Paperback)
| Author: Claire Harman |
| Format: | Paperback |
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"Jane''s Fame" tells the fascinating story of Jane Austen''s renown, from the years of rejection the author faced during her lifetime to the global recognition and adoration she now enjoys. Almost two hundred years after her death, Austen remains a hot topic, constantly open to revival and reinterpretation and known to millions of people through film and television adaptations as much as through her books. In "Jane''s Fame, " Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen''s life, works, and remarkably potent fame. |
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Jane’s Fame tells the fascinating story of Jane Austen’s renown, from the years of rejection the author faced during her lifetime to the global recognition and adoration she now enjoys. Almost two hundred years after her death, Austen remains a hot topic, constantly open to revival and reinterpretation and known to millions of people through film and television adaptations as much as through her books. In Jane’s Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography—of both the author and her lasting cultural influence—making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen’s life, works, and remarkably potent fame. |
British Austen scholar Claire Harman charts the vast and various influence Jane Austen's life and works have had during the last two centuries since her death. JANE'S FAME examines Austen's different factions of devotees throughout history, the ever-shifting critical response to her work, and the books and films that have blossomed all around her, some like flowers and some like weeds.
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