Persuasion

Austen, Jane 1775-1817 (Author). Galperin, William H. (Added Author).

Summary: "Each Longman Cultural edition consists of the complete text of a key literary work, supplemented by helpful annotations and followed by contextual materials that reveal the conversations and controversies of its historical movement." --back cover

Record details

ISBN: 9780321198228
ISBN: 0321198220
Physical Description: print
xxx, 334 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Pearson/Longman, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-334).

Formatted Contents Note:

Jane Austen biography -- Persuasion -- Contexts -- Henry Austen's "biographical notice of the author" -- Jane Austen's letters to Cassandra Austen -- Money from the 1790s to the regency (1811-1820) -- On women and men -- From An enquiry into the duties of the female sex / Thomas Gisborne -- From An enquiry into the duties of men in the higher and middle classes of society in Great Britain / Thomas Gisborne -- From Don Juan, Canto I / Lord Byron -- From The Giaour / Lord Byron -- novel and romance -- Preface to Evelina / Frances Burney -- From The progress of romance / Clara Reeve -- From Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen -- Reviews and other nineteenth-century responses -- From the Quarterly Review (Walter Scott) and The champion on Emma -- Contemporary reviews of Persuasion -- from British critic / Anonymous Reviewer -- from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine / Anonymous Reviewer -- from The quarterly review / Richard Whately -- Later responses -- From Retrospective review / Anonymous Reviewer -- From English women of letters / Julia Kavanagh.