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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Austen on the cheap
  • Vignette I. Marianne & Gertrude
  • Paperback fighter: Austen for the people
  • Vignette II. Emma at the Seaside
  • Sense, sensibility, and soap: Lever promotions in the 1890s
  • Vignette III. The old sea captain & William Price
  • Looking divine: wrapping Austen in the religious
  • Vignette IV. Charlotte & a real castle
  • Selling with paintings: a curious history of the cheap prestige reprint
  • Vignette V. Young Heman's summer in Paris
  • Pinking Jane Austen: the turn to "chick lit"
  • Vignette VI. Lady Isabella's Mansfield Park
  • Women's work: from school edition to scholarly Austen
  • Vignette VII. Annie's prized gift.

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