| Author | : Edward Copeland |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 1997-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780521498678 |
A comprehensive guide to Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world and present-day criticism.
| Author | : Peter Sabor |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2015-08-27 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1107082633 |
This essay collection by leading scholars provides a comprehensive guide to Jane Austen's Emma, one of the greatest English novels.
| Author | : Deborah Cartmell |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 389 |
| Release | : 2007-05-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1139827553 |
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.
| Author | : Janet Todd |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 237 |
| Release | : 2013-02-07 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1107495679 |
Named in many surveys as Britain's best-loved work of fiction, Pride and Prejudice is now a global brand, with film and television adaptations making Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy household names. With a combination of original readings and factual background information, this Companion investigates some of the sources of the novel's power. It explores key themes and topics in detail: money, land, characters and style. The history of the book's composition and first publication is set out, both in individual essays and in the section of chronology. Chapters on the critical reception, adaptations and cult of the novel reveal why it has become an enduing classic with a unique and timeless appeal.
| Author | : Peter Raby |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1997-10-16 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780521479875 |
The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde offers an essential introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers. Although a general overview, the volume also offers some of the latest thinking on the dramatist and his impact on the twentieth century. Part One places Wilde's work within the cultural and historical context of his time and includes an opening essay by Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland. Further chapters also examine Wilde and the Victorians and his image as a Dandy. Part Two looks at Wilde's essential work as playwright and general writer, including his poetry, critiques, and fiction, and provides detailed analysis of such key works as Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest among others. The third group of essays examines the themes and factors which shaped Wilde's work and includes Wilde and his view of the Victorian woman, Wilde's sexual identities, and interpreting Wilde on stage. This 1997 volume also contains a detailed chronology of Wilde's work, a guide to further reading, and illustrations from important productions.
| Author | : Janet M. Todd |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 516 |
| Release | : 2005-10-20 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780521826440 |
A lively illustrated collection of short essays on a wide range of aspects of Austen's life, work and times.
| Author | : Edward Copeland |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 303 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0521763088 |
A fully updated edition with seven brand new essays.
| Author | : Claudia L. Johnson |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 562 |
| Release | : 2011-10-13 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1444354906 |
Reflecting the dynamic and expansive nature of Austen studies, A Companion to Jane Austen provides 42 essays from a distinguished team of literary scholars that examine the full breadth of the English novelist's works and career. Provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date array of Austen scholarship Functions both as a scholarly reference and as a survey of the most innovative speculative developments in the field of Austen studies Engages at length with changing contexts and cultures of reception from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries
| Author | : Philip R. Hardie |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 2002-05-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521775281 |
Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture. In this Cambridge Companion, chapters by leading authorities from Europe and North America discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid, the individual works, and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential information is combined with exciting critical approaches. This Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Ovid, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition.
