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Austen, Jane.
Pride and Prejudice: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Sources Criticism.
W.W. Norton & Company. Paper. 2001R. Almost like new. USED. $5.00
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Bloom, Harold, Ed.
Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Jane Austen.
With intro by Yale U's Harold Bloom. Essays by Ruth Roberts, Martin Price, Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, Ian Watt, Ann Molan, Tony Tanner, John Bayley, Roger Gard, Stuart M. Tave, Jo Alyson Parker, John Wiltshire, and Laura Dabundo. 2004. 300 pages. Paper. NEW. $16.00.
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Booth, Bradford A.
Pride and Prejudice: Text, Backgrounds, Criticism.
Harcourt, Brace, 1963. Paper. USED. $10.00
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Carson, Susannah, Editor.
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen.
Foreword by Harold Bloom. Introduction by Susannah Carson. Wonderful collection of writings by such notables as Brian Southam, Lionel Trilling, John Wiltshire, E.M.Forster, Fay Weldon, Virginia Woolf, Anna Quindlen, Kingsley Amis... Lovely dust jacket too. Random House, NY. 2009. NEW. $22.00
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Copeland & McMaster.
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen.
Cambridge University Press, paper, 2002 and 2003. NEW $25.00.
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Copeland & McMaster.
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen
. Cambridge University Press, paper, 2002 and 2003. NEW $25.00.
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Cornish, Francis Warre.
Jane Austen.
Biography and critique of the novels. Part of series called “English Men of Letters.” Macmillan & Co. London 1926. Hb, 240 pgs. $20.00
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Duckwork, Alistair M, Editor.
Emma: Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism.
Includes biographical, historical and cultural contexts, critical history, essays from contemporary criticism perspectives, and a glossary. Claudia Johnson on gender criticism, Devoney Looser on Feminist Criticism, Marilyn Butler on combining perspectives of Emma.St Martin's, NY, 2002. 638 pgs. Paper. NEW. $13.00
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Duckworth, Alistair.
The Improvement of the Estate: A Study of Jane Austen’s Novels
. With new introductions by the author, recognizing the increased scholarship since his original publication in 1971, which may cause him to adjust but not withdraw his central argument. Important, perhaps seminal work, dealing with the Christian, moral, humanistic aspects of Austen’s thought as expressed in her novels. Includes “before and after” view of the estate by Repton. Johns Hopkins, 1994. 250 pgs. Paper. Publ. at $18.95. NEW. $7.00
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Ehrenpreis, Irvin.
Acts of Implication: Suggestion and Covert Meaning in the Works of Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Austen.
An insightful reading of Austen. Unusual view of her novels in context with the famous dramatist, essayist, and poet. University of California Press. 1980, Hb, DJ, 158 pgs. USED. $8.00
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Fergus, Jan.
Jane Austen: A Literary Life.
This is an excellent work on Austen’s career as a writer. Fergus is a favorite of Austen fans. Softbound. Includes note signed by author. USED. $50.00
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Firkins, Oscar W.
Jane Austen
. Originally published 1920.Examines Jane Austen the novelist, the realist, and the woman. Includes the poem “To Jane Austen” by the author. Russell & Russell, NY. 1965. Hb. VG condition, green cloth, gold gilt lettering on spine. Some pgs still uncut. USED. $31.00
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Gray, Donald, Ed.
The Norton Anthology: Pride and Prejudice.
"The R.W.Chapman Text" Edited by David Gray of Indiana University. Marked here and there in ink by previous owner. Paper. 1993. USED. $7.00
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Harding, D.W.
Regulated Hatred and Other Essays on Jane Austen.
Psychologist [1906-1983]. Served on editorial board of Scrutiny for 14 years. Title essay "altered the course of Austen criticism." 9 others: Family Life, Social Habitat, Moral Judgment; Character and Caricature; civil falsehood; fraternal and conjugal love. E, MP, NA and P. The supposed letter-form of SS. Introduction to the Austen-Leigh Memoir. Paper. 1998. NEW. $10.00
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Harris, Jocelyn.
A Revolution Almost Beyond Expression: Jane Austen's Persuasion.
"Persuasion reveals Austen's patriotism, her pioneering lyricism, and her hopes for sexual equality…". A new analysis of Austen's political, historical, and gender views, focusing on her dialogue, through her work, with other authors (esp. Burke, Scott). Incorporates and answers previous critical work that have placed Austen on both sides of the political spectrum. HB, DJ. Orig publ at $54.50. NEW. $44.00
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Heydt-Stevenson, Jill.
Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions.
Examines the connotations behind the words, showing that Austen's writing is often bawdy, erotic, suggestive. Each novel is explored. Well-reasoned discussion. Opens a new way to think about Austen. Palgrave, 2008. Paper. NEW. $30.00
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Holbrook, David.
The Novel and Authenticity
. Excellent accessible criticism. Includes essay on morals and
Mansfield Park
. Also essays on Henry James, E. M. Forster, Alan Sillitoe. 1st US ed. 1987. 204 pgs, Hb, dj. Like new condition. USED. $30.00
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James, Selma.
The Ladies and the Mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys.
Signed & inscribed by author. Based on Selma James's 1979 presentation at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, "much expanded and enriched." Compares the themes of liberation and feminism in Austen's writings to those found in Wide Sargasso Sea 150 years later. Falling Wall Press, Bristol. 1983. Paper, 96 pgs. USED. $12.00.
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Johnson, Claudia.
Jane Austen: Women, Politics and the Novel.
"Best (and best-written) book about Austen." Nina Auerbach. U of Chicago Press, 1988, Paper. NEW. $18.00
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Jones, Hazel.
Jane Austen and Marriage.
A well-researched, delightful book. Sophisticated analysis of Austen's fiction, her family life, and her society. Draws extensively on primary sources of the times. Hardbound, lovely dj. NEW $23.00
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Kerrigan, Michael.
A Guide to Pride and Prejudice.
Teach Yourself series. Background, themes, who's who, commentary and glossary—compact! Cover illustration is a scene from the 1940 MGM film. Book includes cartoons, quizzes, lots of fun! 1998, paper, 85 pgs. USED. $12.00
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Kirkham, Margaret.
Jane Austen, Feminism, and Fiction.
This is one of the best treatments of Austen's portrayal of woman's role in society. Methuen, NY, 1986. 187 pgs. Paper. Orig publ at $130. USED. $35.00
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Kramp, Michael.
Disciplining Love: Austen and the Modern Man.
Examines the social function of masculinity in Austen's novels; How men of the rising classes had to be taught the proper way to discipline their emotions in order to take their place in the preservation of post-Revolution England. Index, bibliography, and notes. The Ohio State University Press, 2007. 202 pgs, Hb. NEW. $37.00
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Looser, Devoney, Editor.
Jane Austen and Discourses of Feminism.
An important collection of essays critical to our understanding of Jane Austen in the ever-evolving discussion of the female author's voice. St. Martin's Press. 1995. Hb. Publ at $90. NEW. $70.00
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Monaghan, David, Ariane Hudelet and John Wiltshire.
The Cinematic Jane Austen: Essays on the Filmic Sensibility of the Novels.
First, the authors examine Austen's works in terms of their inherent cinematic qualities. They then treat the films as readings of the novels and deepen our understanding of how the films reinterpret the novels through stage setting, camera angles, use of light and sound, and of course screenplay. This is a brilliant book we highly recommend, both for the unique re-readings of the novels, and because the authors enhance our relationships with the film adaptations. NEW. $35.00
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Nardin, Jane.
Those Elegant Decorums: The concept of propriety in Jane Austen's novels.
SUNY. 1973. Hb, dj. USED. $20.00
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Nardin, Jane.
Those Elegant Decorums: The concept of propriety in Jane Austen’s novels
. SUNY. 1973. Hb, dj. USED. $20.00
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Parill, Sue.
Jane Austen on Film and Television: A Critical Study of the Adaptations.
McFarland & Co. 2002. Paper. NEW. $35.00
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Stout, Janis P.
Strategies of Reticence: Silence and Meaning in the Works of Jane Austen, Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, and Joan Didion
. This excellent work focuses on the use of silence & covert criticism as subversive weapons women authors employ to assault patriarchal power structures. UP of VA. 1990. 228 pgs, Hb, dj. VG condition, some wear on DJ. USED. $35.00
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Stovel, Bruce, and Lynn Weinlos Gregg, Editors.
The Talk in Jane Austen.
While dialogue is so important in her works, it has often been neglected in critical writing. A collection of 15 essays that deal with the many ways Jane Austen uses talk and speech to define character and move action. Fascinating survey includes Bruce Stovel, Jan Fergus, Isobel Grundy, Jocelyn Harris, Juliet McMaster, and others whose words we admire. Paper. U of Alberta. 2002. NEW. $29.00
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Todd, Janet, Editor.
Jane Austen in Context.
Generously illustrated collection of essays that introduce Austen's life and times. Cambridge UP. 2005. NEW. Publ at $104, Sale $60.00.
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Trevalyan, Raleigh, FRSL, Editor.
Essays by Divers Hands: being the transactions of the Royal Society of Literature. New Series: Volume XLVI.
Essays on Voltaire, Thomas Cranmer, The Prayer Book, and the English Language, The Relations of Literature and Science, includes a Gilbert Phelps essay on Jane Austen and Non-Realist elements in her fiction. USED. $17.00
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