Summary
In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame. Full description
Summary: |
In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame. |
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Item Description: |
"A John Macrae book." Originally published: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2009. |
Physical Description: |
xxi, 277 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-257) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780805082586 : 0805082581 |
Author Notes: |
Claire Harman is the author of Sylvia Townsend Warner , which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; Fanny Burney , which was short-listed for the Whitbread Prize, and the critically acclaimed Robert Louis Stevenson . Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2006, Harman teaches at the universities of Manchester and Oxford in England and Columbia University in New York City. |