In Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen, Jocelyn Harris argues that Austen was a satirist and a celebrity-watcher. Exciting new discoveries reveal her opinions on the state of the nation, Ca
In Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen, exciting new discoveries reveal Austen’s opinions on the state of the nation, Captain Cook’s death, and women’s right to comment on
Harris (emeritus English, U. of Otago, New Zealand) challenges the view from the middle 20th century that British writer Austen (1775-1817), being a woman and of little education, was limited in her c
Anna Letitia Barbauld: New Perspectives, the first collection of essays on the work of this major British writer, is the indispensable volume for everyone who wants an introduction to Barbauld and to
