The Book of the Ranks and Dignities of British Society. Has a chapter “Jane Austen and the Look of Letters” which examines the letters in Austen’s fiction as well as her real-life correspondence. Romantic Correspondence: Women, Politics and the Fiction of Letters. One of the few critical works just on an Austen novel, and in this year of celebrating MP, I wanted to add this to my collection… I have not read it other than in excerpts in other essays.Ĥ. A Reading of Mansfield Park: An Essay in Critical Synthesis. Just because I didn’t have this, and do quite adore anything my dear Mrs. London: Bounty Books, 2007.Ī facsimile of the original 1870 edition by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Beeton’s Book of Needlework, Consisting of Descriptions and Instructions, Illustrated by 600 Engravings. A must have for your Austen collection…Ģ. Mudrick was one of the earliest to appraise the ironic aspects of Jane Austen – “her ironic detachment that enabled her to expose and dissect, in novels that are masterpieces of comic wit and brilliant satire, the follies and delusions of eighteenth-century English society.” In his preface, Mudrick writes “this book began as an essay to document my conviction that Emma is a novel admired, even consecrated, for qualities which it in fact subverts or ignores.” – and he goes on from there to apply his theory to all the novels, juvenilia and minor works. One of the classic works of Austen literary criticism – I’ve always borrowed this from the library – now happy to have my own copy. Jane Austen: Irony as Defense and Discovery. The JASNA AGM in Montreal was quite wonderful – five days immersed in Mansfield Park! – Fanny Price and Jane Austen were celebrated in style and received their just due in attention and adoration… The Montreal-Quebec Region outdid themselves in making us all comfortable, entertained, and enlightened! I haven’t had a chance to post anything but start here with my annual compilation of book purchases at the Emporium – successful as always with finding several goodies at the book stalls! – in no particular order…ġ.
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