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Paperback / softback. New. First published in 1924, this unique title provides an extremely valuable early Twentieth Century perspective on Jane Austen, offering analysis from both sides of the channel. The book includes both a translated study of Jane Austen by French academic Leonie Villard, and a study by influential biographer and critic, R. Brimley Johnson. Johnson's study, made with particular reference to the unpublished epistolary novel, Love and Friendship, seeks to redress the balance of contemporary criticism of Austen, challenging the established links between Austen and Nineteenth Century realism, and suggesting instead that her work owes a great deal to the conventions of romance. He also demonstrates how her art transformed from the parody of Nothanger Abbey to the portraiture of the later novels. Leonie Villard's ambitious work analyses a variety of topics relating to Austen's work, including women and marriage, psychology, satire, the gentry and the lasting value and…
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Jane Austen: With a New Study of Jane Austen by R. Brimley Johnson
by VILLARD, LEONIE
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London: Routledge, 1924. First Edition. Both the jacket and cloth are dust soiled, else good to very good.
- Bookseller Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc. (US)
- Book Condition Used - First Edition. Both the jacket and cloth are dust soiled, else good to very good.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Routledge
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1924
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Jane Austen: A French Appreciation
by Leonie Villard
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781138084421 / 1138084425
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