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本書系《劍橋文學指南》叢書中的一種，收入了當代西方學者撰寫的13篇關于簡·奧斯丁的文章。論文作者都是在奧斯丁研究或英國文學研究領域內聲名卓著的專家。他們的論文為我們提供了一個當代文學批評的語境，將奧斯丁的作品置于她所處的時代背景中，給讀者提供一個全面而又新穎的導論。本書除了討論奧斯丁的小說和書信外，還收錄了有關奧斯丁的宗教觀、政治觀、金錢觀，以及她小說風格的論述。另有兩篇論文分別對她的《諾桑覺寺》

'Haunting. Geppetto's voice, full of wistful overemphases and bewildered revelation, is absorbing as he takes in the oddity of his situation. And the book, sentence by sentence, offers much in which to luxuriate.' - Sunday Times 'Profound and delightful.It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' - Max Porter 'Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' - A. L. Kennedy 'A re-imagining of Pinocchio, told from the viewpoint of the beast-entrapped Geppetto, it surprise and delights, and saddens and gladdens, from start to finish.' - Jane Graham I am writing this account, in another man's book, by candlelight, inside the belly of a fish.I have been eaten. I have been eaten, yet I am living still. 'Art objects live in the belly of this marvellous novel, images swallowed by text, sustained by a sublime and loving imagination.Like all Edward Carey's work The Swallowed Man is profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two madde

The saga of the happy-go-lucky Jumblies continues in this charming love storypoem, penned by Edward Lear and illustrated by Edward Gorey. While the Jumblies took a breather from their long sea voyage,