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Looser, Devoney, 1967-
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Influence.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Appreciation -- History.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.
Women novelists, English -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Social aspects.
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Looser, Devoney, 1967-
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Influence.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Appreciation -- History.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.
Women novelists, English -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Social aspects.
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The making of
Jane
Austen
/ Devoney Looser
by
Looser, Devoney, 1967-
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Call #:
823.7 A933Lo
Subjects
Austen
,
Jane
,
1775-1817
--
Influence.
Austen
,
Jane
,
1775-1817
--
Appreciation
--
History
.
Austen
,
Jane
,
1775-1817
--
Adaptations
--
History
and
criticism
.
Austen
,
Jane
,
1775-1817
--
Criticism
and
interpretation
--
History
.
Women novelists, English
--
18th century
--
History
and
criticism
.
Women novelists, English
--
19th century
--
History
and
criticism
.
English literature
--
Social aspects.
ISBN:
9781421422824 (hc.)
Description:
viii, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-282) and index
Contents:
Introduction :
Jane
Austen
matters
--
Part I.
Jane
Austen
, illustrated.
Austen
's first English illustrator : Ferdinand Pickering's Victorian sensationalism
--
Visual
Austen
experiments : from lush landscapes to bearded heroes
--
A golden age for illustrated
Austen
: from peacocks to photoplays
--
Part II.
Jane
Austen
, dramatized.
Austen
's first dramatist : Rosina Filippi's Duologues for every cultivated amateur
--
Playing Mr. Darcy before Laurence Olivier : cross dressing, consuming passion, and cracking the whip
--
Dear
Jane
: Christian spinster, feminist flirt, and shadow actress
--
Stage to screen Pride and prejudice : Hollywood's
Austen
and its unrealized screenplays
--
Part III.
Jane
Austen
, politicized. The night of the divine
Jane
: men's club clashes and politics in the periodical press
--
Stone-throwing
Jane
Austen
: suffragist street activism, grand pageants, and costume parties
--
Part IV.
Jane
Austen
, schooled. The first
Jane
Austen
dissertation : George Pellew and the human telephone
--
Textbook Austens : from McGuffey's readers to National lampoon
--
Coda : twenty-first-century
Jane
Austen
Summary:
"Just how did
Jane
Austen
become the celebrity author and the inspiration for generations of loyal fans she is today? Devoney Looser turns to the people, performances, activism, and images that fostered
Austen
's early fame, laying the groundwork for the beloved author we think we know. Here are the
Austen
influencers, including her first English illustrator, the eccentric Ferdinand Pickering, whose sensational gothic images may be better understood through his brushes with bullying, bigamy, and an attempted matricide. The daring director-actress Rosina Filippi shaped
Austen
's reputation with her pioneering dramatizations, leading thousands of young women to ventriloquize Elizabeth Bennet's audacious lines before drawing room audiences. Even the supposedly staid
history
of
Austen
scholarship has its bizarre stories. The author of the first
Jane
Austen
dissertation, student George Pellew, tragically died young, but he was believed by many, including his professor-mentor, to have come back from the dead. Looser shows how these figures and their Austen-inspired work transformed
Austen
's reputation, just as she profoundly shaped theirs. Through them, Looser describes the factors and influences that radically altered
Austen
's evolving image. Drawing from unexplored material, Looser examines how echoes of that work reverberate in our explanations of
Austen
's literary and cultural power. It will have you thinking about how a literary icon is made, transformed, and handed down from generation to generation. Devoney Looser is a professor of English at Arizona State University. She is the author of Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750–1850 and British Women Writers and the Writing of
History
, 1670–1820"--Provided by publisher.
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