Search results for ""Jane Austen" "Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey""

Book SynopsisFrom the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 1,200 annotations on facing pages, including: -Explanations of historical context-Citations from Austen’s life, letters, and other writings-Definitions and clarifications-Literary comments and analysis-Maps of places in the novel-An introduction, bibliography, and detailed chronology of events-225 informative illustrations Filled with fascinating details about the characters’ clothing, furniture, and carriages, and illuminating background information on everything from the vogue for all things medieval to the opportunities for socializing in the popular resort town of Bath, David M. Shapard’s Annotated Northanger Abbey brings Austen’s world into richer focus.

Read more less

Book SynopsisJane Austen's Northanger Abbey is now available in an exclusive collector's edition featuring a delicate laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping and ribbon marker, ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike.

Read more less

Book SynopsisJane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is a comedic and brilliantly postmodern lampoon of gothic romance novels.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition also includes an afterword by David Pinching.Catherine Morland is a naive young woman whose perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted. When she moves to Bath she sees mystery and intrigue all around her – not least of all in Northanger Abbey itself, the home of General Tilney and his handsome son Henry, where Catherine suspects a sinister crime has occurred . . .Trade ReviewThe work of a great writer flexing her creative muscles . . . As well as being a deft comedy of manners, Northanger Abbey also fools entertainingly with the slippery relationship of fact and fiction. -- Robert McCrum * Guardian *Austen’s Northanger Abbey was in part a playful response to what she considered ‘unnatural’ in the novels of her day: Instead of perfect heroes, heroines and villains, she offers flawed, rounded characters who behave naturally and not just according to the demands of the plot. -- Jo Baker * New York Times *

Read more less

Book SynopsisA delightful stage version of Jane Austen's earliest novel, her mock-Gothic Romance. Catherine Morland is taken by her aunt to Bath, where she encounters the social whirl denied her at home. She befriends Isabella Thorpe and her boorish brother John. She meets the charming but eccentric Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. And all the time her head is full of the gothic fantasies of Mrs Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho, scenes from which will keep intruding into the daily life of Bath society. When Catherine accepts an invitation to the Tilney's country seat at Northanger Abbey, lurid images of Udolpho threaten to overwhelm her. Until, as in all the best Jane Austen, Catherine finally gets her man... Tim Luscombe's adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey was first performed at York Theatre Royal in 2004.Trade Review'Full credit to adaptor and director Tim Luscombe for avoiding the more obvious titles and staging an earlier work that transfers more felicitously to the stage' * Guardian *

Read more less

Book SynopsisSie schrieben Romane, Erzählungen und Gedichte, sie übersetzten, pflegten umfangreichreiche Briefwechsel und verfassten philosophische Aphorismen: die Schriftstellerinnen der Romantik. Diese Aufsatzsammlung führt die Bestrebungen fort, die Werke der Romantikerinnen neu zu lesen. Wiederzuentdecken gibt es in diesem Band u.a. Benedikte Naubert, Dorothea Veit/Schlegel, Henriette Herz, Johanna Schopenhauer, Helmina von Chézy, Sophie Mereau, Henriette Schubart, Rahel Levin Varnhagen, Caroline de la Motte Fouqué, Jane Austen, Königin Luise, Bettina von Arnim, Adele Schopenhauer, Therese von Jakob-Robinson sowie Dorothea Tieck.Table of ContentsZur Wiederentdeckung romantischer Autorinnen.- Populäre Ursprünge. Benedikte Naubert und die Grenzbereiche der Romantik.- Romantische Handarbeiten. Text- und Textilpraktiken bei Bettine von Arnim und Helmina von Chézy.- Geselligkeit in Berlin und Rom. Henriette Herz, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Dorothea Schlegel.- Johanna Schopenhauers Salon in Weimar. Die Kultivierung des Komischen und die zwiespältige Rezeption der Romantik.- Schauerromane à la mode. Jane Austens Northanger Abbey und die Heldin als romantische Leserin .- Tiere bei Caroline de la Motte Fouqué, Bettina von Arnim und Rahel Varnhagen.- Zufälle und Verkettungen. Zu Thematik und Poetik von Sophie Mereaus Romanen Das Blüthenalter der Empfindung und Amanda und Eduard.- Die schreibende Monarchin. Briefe und Aufzeichnungen von Königin Luise.- „Schreiben, ohne Schriftsteller zu sein“: Bettine von Arnim*.- Der Nachtfalter und das Sonntagskind. Adele Schopenhauers Märchen neuerer Zeit.- Therese von Jakob-Robinson – TALVJ (1797–1870). Volkspoesie, Philologie und Kulturvermittlung.- Life/Lost in Translation. Romantische Schriftstellerinnen übersetzen.

Read more less