Global Jane Austen Pleasure, Passion, and Possessiveness in the Jane

Despite dying in relative obscurity, Jane Austen has become a global force as different readers across time, space and media have responded to her work. This volume examines the ways in which her novels affect individual psychologies and how Janeites expe

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Global Jane Austen

10.1057/9781137270764 - Global Jane Austen, Edited by Laurence Raw and Robert G. Dryden

10.1057/9781137270764 - Global Jane Austen, Edited by Laurence Raw and Robert G. Dryden

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Pleasure, Passion, and Possessiveness in the Jane Austen Community Edited by

Laurence Raw and Robert G. Dryden

10.1057/9781137270764 - Global Jane Austen, Edited by Laurence Raw and Robert G. Dryden

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to University of Glasgow - PalgraveConnect - 2014-12-22

Global Jane Austen

GLOBAL JANE AUSTEN

Copyright © Robert G. Dryden and Laurence Raw, 2013. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–03443–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Global Jane Austen: pleasure, passion, and possessiveness in the Jane Austen community / edited by Laurence Raw and Robert Dryden. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–1–137–03443–4 (alk. paper) 1. Austen, Jane, 1775–1817—Appreciation. I. Raw, Laurence, editor of compilation. II. Dryden, Robert G., editor of compilation. PR4037.G57 2013 823⬘.7—dc23

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction Robert G. Dryden and Laurence Raw

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Young Jane Austen and the First Canadian Novel: From Emily Montague to “Amelia Webster” and Love and Friendship Juliet McMaster

Three Jane Austen’s French Publications from 1815: A History of a Misunderstanding Lucile Trunel Four

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Jane Austen on Old-Time Radio: Creating Imaginative Worlds Laurence Raw

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Jane Austen for Our Time: Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers (1987) Sheryl Cornett

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The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen Sarah Artt, Kenneth Longden, Janet McCabe, Serena Formica, Paul Tucker, and John Wyver

Seven Sweetening Jane: Equivalence through Genre and the Problem of Class in Austen Adaptations Jeremy Strong Eight

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Inventing J