What is it about?
It offers a selection of the most important and intriguing ways in which Northanger Abbey and Persuasion have been read since their publication. It also comments and compares these selected views.
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Why is it important?
This is the only study that gives a survey of how these two novels have been understood, of their most discussed themes, and how they affect Austen's reputation. It should interest any reader and teacher of these novels
Perspectives
The guide is appealing for new and more seasoned readers of Jane Austen. Anyone interested in particular topics (e.g. Romanticism, Gothic, etc) will find in this guide relevant threads to follow and develop.
Enit Steiner
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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This page is a summary of: Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey/Persuasion, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-43218-6.
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