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Previous biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context. This biography places her firmly within her professional context as one of an increasing number of women who published novels between 1790 and 1820. Being a professional writer was, apart from her family, more important to Austen than anything else in her life.

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements - Conditions of Authorship, 1775-1817 - Background and Literary Apprenticeship, 1775-1793 - The Idea of Authorship, 1794-1800 - The Unpublished Author, 1801-1809 - The Professional Writer, 1809-1817

Jane Austen A Literary Life Literary Lives

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 10/31/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780333447017, 978-0333447017
      ISBN10: 0333447018
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Previous biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context. This biography places her firmly within her professional context as one of an increasing number of women who published novels between 1790 and 1820. Being a professional writer was, apart from her family, more important to Austen than anything else in her life.

      Table of Contents
      Preface and Acknowledgements - Conditions of Authorship, 1775-1817 - Background and Literary Apprenticeship, 1775-1793 - The Idea of Authorship, 1794-1800 - The Unpublished Author, 1801-1809 - The Professional Writer, 1809-1817

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