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Reading Austen in America /
"Austen in America tells the story of America's long love-affair with Jane Austen and her work. Beginning with the first US edition of Emma, published in Philadelphia in 1816, Juliette Wells -- author of Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination -- goes on to explore Austen&...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Dedication ; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; Notes; PART ONE The 1816 Philadelphia Emma and its Readers; 1 The Origins of the First Austen Novel Printed in America; What did it mean to "reprint" Emma?; Who was "M. Carey," and why did he choose Emma?; When in 1816 was Carey's Emma published, and how many copies were issued?; How did the Philadelphia Emma compare to the London edition, and why have so few copies of the American edition survived?; How did readers first become aware of Carey's Emma?
- How did Americans first learn of Austen's authorship?Notes; 2 Tales of Three Copies: Books, Owners, and Readers; Lovers of books, if not of Austen: the du Pont sisters of Delaware; A careful and curious reader: Jeremiah Smith of New Hampshire; Unimpressed by Emma: subscribers to a Rhode Island circulating library; Notes; 3 An Accomplished Scotswoman Reads Austen Abroad: Christian, Countess of Dalhousie in British North America; Plants, drawing, reading, riddles: girlhood education; A literary marriage; Encounters with Austen's novels during a "transatlantic life."
- Reading tastes and book acquisitionNotes; PART TWO Transatlantic Austen Conversations; 4 Enthusiasts Connected Through the "Electric Telegraph of Genius": The Quincy Sisters of Boston and the Francis W. Austen Family of Portsmouth; Recommended reading and fertile imaginations; Admirers, rewarded with a relic, envision a society of devotees; Two families meet during Anna's literary pilgrimage; Americans contribute to Austen's international fame; Notes; 5 Collectors and Bibliographers: Alberta H. Burke of Baltimore and David J. Gilson of Oxford; Unusual approaches to collecting Austen.
- Balancing erudition with enthusiasmNotes; APPENDIX: CENSUS OF SURVIVING COPIES OF THE 1816 PHILADELPHIA EMMA1; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.