{"product_id":"jane-austen-and-the-romantic-william-deresiewicz-9780231134149","title":"Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis elegant and thoughtful work offers an important new way of understanding Jane Austen by defining the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on her later novels. In comparing the earlier and later phases of Austen's career, Deresiewicz addresses an important yet neglected issue regarding her work: the longstanding critical consensus that Austen's last three novels (\u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e) represent far greater artistic achievements than do her first three (\u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Austen and the Romantic Poets\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich account of the differences between the two phases of Austen's career. In doing so, it contextualizes her later novels within the British Romantic movement and the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, and Byron. Through close readings of \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e, Deresiewicz reveals the importance of Romantic ideas in Austen's later work, considering the ways in which the novels investigate hidden mechanisms of psychic and affective life, including \"substitution,\" \"ambiguous relationships,\" and \"widowhood.\" Deresiewicz's innovative approach and its emphasis on Romanticism opens up new perspectives on Austen's later novels by exploring their patterns of imagery, narrative logics, and social and historical dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Deresiewicz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231134142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231134149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.20w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/23\/2005 pg. 24","brand":"William Deresiewicz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119479517439,"sku":"9780231134149","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0cabc689-97bc-46e3-8f08-9c09986dabfd.jpg?v=1687409570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jane-austen-and-the-romantic-william-deresiewicz-9780231134149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}