The Lost Books of Jane Austen /

"The author traces the significant yet underappreciated historical role that mass-market paperbacks of Jane Austen's books have played in making her the celebrated author she is today. This is a work of bibliography and of literary history. The author has amassed a large collection of rare...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barchas, Janine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Bibliography.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Appreciation.
Literature publishing.
Authors and readers.
Authors and publishers.
Art appreciation.
Authors and readers > United States > History.
Literature publishing > United States > History.
Authors and publishers > United States > History.
Authors and readers > Great Britain > History.
Literature publishing > Great Britain > History.
Authors and publishers > Great Britain > History.
United States.
Great Britain.
History.
Bibliographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The author traces the significant yet underappreciated historical role that mass-market paperbacks of Jane Austen's books have played in making her the celebrated author she is today. This is a work of bibliography and of literary history. The author has amassed a large collection of rare and forgotten Austen volumes with rich, colorful, and sometimes gaudy covers that are featured, selectively, as figures in the book"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations (colour)
ISBN:9781421431604

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