jane austen's sanditon with an essay by janet todd

The excellent essay, is illustrated on a scale, big enough to be useful, mostly in full colour. The light of a positive multiverse of stars is hidden under what must therefore be a considerable bushel. 'Janet Todd is one of the foremost feminist literary historians writing now' Lisa Jardine, Centenary Professor of Renaissance Studies, Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, University of London, Independent on Sunday 'The title, authorship and far famed editor would alone grant this profound, delightful, useful, original and informative volume entitlement to a five-star rating. 'Todd has a good ear for tone and a deep understanding' Emma Donoghue 'Easy to read and engaging, excellent on Austen's work.' Choice 'Intelligent and accessible' Times Literary Supplement rendered with razor-sharp clarity for a modern audience - exceptionally useful' Duncan Wu, Raymond Wagner Professor in Literary Studies, Georgetown University, Notes & Queries 'Essential for anyone with a serious interest in Austen. sets the standard.' Frank Kermode, London Review of Books 'I so enjoyed Janet Todd's beautifully produced book.' Award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies Todd shows Austen's themes to be akin to contemporary concerns: the mistakes of the self-deluded reveal the inevitable, ridiculous gap between how we think of ourselves and how we appear and sound to others. In explaining the early nineteenth-century culture of self: the exploitation of hypochondria, health fads, seaside resorts, cures, she contends that Sanditon is an innovative, ebullient study of human beings' vagaries - rather than using common sense, Sanditon's characters follow intuition and bodily signs believing that desire can be translated into physical facts and speech can transform fantasy into reality. She examines the moral and social problems of capitalism, entrepreneurship, and whether wealth trickles down to benefit the place it is made. This beautifully illustrated volume combines the full novel and Todd's ground-breaking essay, where she contextualizes Austen's life and work, Sanditon's connection with Northanger Abbey (1818) and the Austen family's speculation in England and the West Indies. A comedy, it continues the strain of burlesque and caricature she wrote as a teenager and in private throughout her life. Sanditon is Jane Austen's last novel, left unfinished when she died.

'I so enjoyed Janet Todd's beautifully produced book.' Andrew Davies, screenwriter. Coming to PBS Masterpiece Classic soon! Gorgeous, profound, delightful, useful, original, this fully illustrated, informative volume combines Jane Austen's Sanditon novel and Janet Todd's ground-breaking essay.

Jane austen's sanditon with an essay by janet todd