Jane austen: a very short introduction, Keymer, Tom (university Of Toronto)

Автор: Jane Austen
Название: Pride and Prejudice
ISBN: 0198826737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198826736
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity, as misconceptions and hasty judgements lead to heartache and scandal.

Автор: Jane Austen
Название: Persuasion
ISBN: 0199535558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199535552
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Having been persuaded to view the match as imprudent, Anne Elliot broke off her engagement to a naval officer with no prospects. Seven years later, when they meet again, Anne has the chance to recover the happiness she had forgone. This new edition examines Persuasion against the background of the Napoleonic Wars and includes fuller notes and appendices on social rank, dancing, and the Navy.

Автор: Davidson Hilary
Название: Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion
ISBN: 0300218729 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300218725
Издательство: Wiley yUP
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Описание: A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of Jane Austen's life and writings

This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austen's beloved books, focusing on the long Regency between the years 1795 and 1825. During this period, accelerated change saw Britain's turbulent entry into the modern age, and clothing reflected these transformations. Starting with the intimate perspective of clothing the self, Dress in the Age of Jane Austen moves outward through the social and cultural spheres of home, village, countryside, and cities, and into the wider national and global realms, exploring the varied ways people dressed to inhabit these environments. Jane Austen's famously observant fictional writings, as well as her letters, provide the entry point for examining the Regency age's rich complexity of fashion, dress, and textiles for men and women in their contemporary contexts.

Lavishly illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates--including many previously unpublished images--this authoritative yet accessible book will help readers visualize the external selves of Austen's immortal characters as clearly as she wrote of their internal ones. The result is an enhanced understanding of Austen's work and time, and also of the history of one of Britain's most distinctive fashion eras.

Автор: Wells Stanley
Название: William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198718624 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198718628
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world`s greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how and why he continues to be so influential and important to society today.

Автор: Warner, Marina
Название: Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 019953215X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199532155
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Описание: Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan`s Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, Warner highlights the impact of the genre on human understanding, history, and culture.

Автор: Jones, Darryl
Название: Horror: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198755562 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198755562
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Описание: Fear is one of the most primal emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? Delving into the darkest corners of horror literature, films, and plays, Darryl Jones explores its monsters and its psychological chills, discussing why horror stories disturb us, and how they reflect society`s taboos.

Автор: Hartley Jenny
Название: Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198714998 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198714996
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Описание: Jenny Hartley introduces Charles Dickens`s life and works, looking at the vitality of his characters and the energy which surges through his writing. Examining the themes running through his books, she considers the institutions which influenced his work (such as the workhouse) and looks at his critique of nineteenth century society.

Автор: Gloag Oliver
Название: Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198792972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198792970
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Описание: Albert Camus is one of the best known philosophers of the twentieth century, as well as a widely read novelist. This book contextualises Camus in his troubled and conflicted times, and analyses the enduring popularity of his major philosophical and literary works in connection with contemporary political, social, and cultural issues.

Автор: Nelson, Brian (monash University)
Название: Emile zola: a very short introduction
ISBN: 0198837569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198837565
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Описание: Emile Zola occupies a distinctive place in the great tradition of French realist fiction. Brian Nelson introduces this quintessential novelist of modernity, and explores his fascination with change, and the way he opened the novel up to new areas of representation: the realities of working-class life, class relations, and sexuality and the body.

Автор: Hamlin William M.
Название: Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0190848774 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190848774
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Описание: The French author Michel de Montaigne is widely regarded as the founder and greatest practitioner of the personal essay. A member of the minor aristocracy, he worked as a judicial investigator, served as mayor of Bordeaux, and sought to bring stability to his war-torn country during the latter
half of the sixteenth century. He is best known today, however, as the author of the Essays, a vast collection of meditations on topics ranging from love and sexuality to freedom, learning, doubt, self-scrutiny, and peace of mind. One of the most original books ever to emerge from Europe,
Montaigne's masterpiece has been continuously and powerfully influential among writers and philosophers from its first appearance down to the present day. His extraordinary curiosity and discernment, combined with his ability to mix thoughtful judgment with revealing anecdote, make him one of the
most readable of all writers.

In Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction, William M. Hamlin provides an overview of Montaigne's life, thought, and writing, situating the Essays within the arc of Montaigne's lived experience and focusing on themes of particular interest for contemporary readers. Designed for a broad audience, this
introduction will appeal to first-time students of Montaigne as well as to seasoned experts and admirers. Well-informed and lucidly written, Hamlin's book offers an ideal point of entry into the life and work of the world's first and most extraordinary essayist.

Автор: Mizruchi Susan L.
Название: Henry James: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0190944382 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190944384
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Описание: An elegant introduction to one of America's most complex and influential writers.

From his childhood in a family of leading American intellectuals through his mature life as a major American man of letters, Henry James (1843-1916) created a unique body of fiction that represents one of the greatest achievements in the nation's literary history. James's transnational life in the
US and England and his extraordinary siblings (the philosopher William James and diarist Alice James) made his life as complicated as the fictions he produced. In this elegant introduction to the work of Henry James, Susan L. Mizruchi places the notoriously difficult and obscure writings in their
historical and biographical context.

As James grew in confidence as a writer, his fictions evolved accordingly. These complex accounts of human experience engage with the vital issues of both James's era and our own. Among the works treated in this introduction are Washington Square, The Europeans, Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a Lady,
The Golden Bowl, and The Turn of the Screw. Through his novels, as well as his journalistic and critical endeavors, James explores themes related to gender relations, human sexuality, the nature of modernity, the threat of relativism, the rise of mass culture, and the role of art.

Since their creation, James's writings have been a consistent subject of both literary theory and popular culture, receiving a diverse array of theoretical treatments, from formalism, deconstruction, phenomenology, and pragmatism to Marxism, new historicism, and gender and queer theory. James's
novels have been adapted into numerous films by directors including William Wyler, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Winner, Merchant/Ivory, and Jane Campion. The impact of Henry James cannot be overstated.

Автор: Todd
Название: The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen
ISBN: 1107100259 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107100251
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The thoroughly revised second edition of this innovative introduction by a leading scholar and editor of Austen`s work explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. An essential purchase for students of Austen, as well as readers wanting to deepen their appreciation of the novels.