30 great myths about Jane Austen

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30 great myths about Jane Austen

Claudia L. Johnson, Clara Tuite

Wiley Blackwell, 2020

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Thirty great myths about Jane Austen

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A fascinating look into the myths that continue to shape our understanding and appreciation of Jane Austen. Was Jane Austen the best-selling novelist of her time? Are all her novels romances? Did they depict the traditional world of the aristocracy? Is Austen's writing easy to understand? Well into the 21st century, Jane Austen continues to be one of the most compelling novelists in all English literature. Many of her ideas about class, family, history, intimacy, manners, love, desire, and society, have inspired "myths" that are often contradictory - she was a Tory who was also a liberal feminist, or, her novels are at once sharply satirical and unapologetically romantic. Myths, like Austen's works, are dynamic, changing over time and impacting how we read and interpret literature. 30 Great Myths about Jane Austen examines the accepted beliefs - both true and untrue -that have most influenced our readings of Austen. Rather than simply de-bunking, or validating, commonly-held views about Austen, authors Claudia L. Johnson and Clara Tuite explore how these myths can be used to engage with the life, work, and reception of Jane Austen. Applying the most up-to-date scholarship to better understand how myths shape our appreciation of Jane Austen, this fascinating volume: Introduces readers to the history of Austen reception, both in academic scholarship and in the general public Examines Jane Austen's life and letters, her historical contexts, her texts, and their afterlives Discusses Austen's influence on the development of literary criticism as a discipline Explores each of Austen's main novels, as well as relatively obscure texts such as Sanditon and The Watsons Offering engaging narrative and original insights, 30 Great Myths about Jane Austen is a must-read for scholars, instructors, and students of English and Romantic literature, as well as general readers with interest in the life and works of Jane Austen.

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Abbreviations and Note on the Text vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction xi Myth 1 Jane Austen had no interest in fame 1 Myth 2 There is no sex in Jane Austen's novels 7 Myth 3 Jane Austen wrote on little bits of ivory 14 Myth 4 Jane Austen's juvenilia are scraps which she outgrew 19 Myth 5 Jane Austen's novels are naturalistic 27 Myth 6 Jane Austen was unconscious of her art 34 Myth 7 Northanger Abbey is a spoof on Gothic fiction 43 Myth 8 The Bath Jane Austen knew and loathed 49 Myth 9 Jane Austen's writing is easy to understand 56 Myth 10 Sense and Sensibility is a satire on sensibility 61 Myth 11 Jane Austen was the best-selling novelist of her time 66 Myth 12 Regency Austen 72 Myth 13 Only women read Jane Austen 80 Myth 14 As Pride and Prejudice shows, all Austen's novels are love stories 85 Myth 15 Jane Austen never mentions the war 93 Myth 16 Something happened to Jane Austen when she wrote Mansfield Park 101 Myth 17 Jane Austen disapproved of the theater 107 Myth 18 Jane Austen was a Christian moralist 114 Myth 19 In Emma, Jane Austen created a heroine no one but an author would love 120 Myth 20 Jane Austen and the amorous effects of brass 128 Myth 21 Persuasion is an autumnal novel 134 Myth 22 Jane Austen was a feminist/Jane Austen was not a feminist 141 Myth 23 Jane Austen's letters are mean and trivial 147 Myth 24 Jane Austen was anonymous 155 Myth 25 Jane Austen's novels depict the traditional world of the aristocracy 160 Myth 26 Jane Austen was a comic novelist 168 Myth 27 Jane Austen's novels are about good manners 174 Myth 28 Jane Austen's muslins 179 Myth 29 Jane Austen writes escape fiction 187 Myth 30 Jane Austen was a star-crossed lover 193 Further Reading 200 Index 203

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