A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World's Greatest Novelist

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Dr Juliette Wells (Elizabeth Connolly Todd Distinguished Associate Professor, Goucher College, Goucher College, USA)

A New Jane Austen

How Americans Brought Us the World's Greatest Novelist

Dr Juliette Wells (Elizabeth Connolly Todd Distinguished Associate Professor, Goucher College, Goucher College, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
30 November 2023

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Completing Juliette Wells’ groundbreaking trio of books on Austen’s readers, this latest volume revolutionizes our understanding of how Austen came to be viewed as the world’s greatest novelist. Wells shows that Austen’s global reputation was established not by British scholars, as is commonly believed, but by visionary American writers and collectors, working largely outside academia.

Drawing on extensive research, Wells weaves together colorful, compelling case studies of men and women who, from the 1880s to the 1980s, helped readers appreciate Austen’s novels, persuasively advocated for her place in the literary canon, and preserved artifacts vital to her legacy.

Engagingly written and abundantly illustrated, A New Jane Austen will inform and delight scholars and Austen fans alike.

By: Dr Juliette Wells (Elizabeth Connolly Todd Distinguished Associate Professor Goucher College Goucher College USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350365513
ISBN 10: 1350365513
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Juliette Wells, Professor of Literary Studies at Goucher College (USA), is the author of two acclaimed books about Jane Austen’s historic readers and fans: Reading Austen in America (2017) and Everybody’s Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination (2011). For Penguin Classics, she edited Austen’s Persuasion (2017) and Emma (2015).

Reviews for A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World's Greatest Novelist

If you thought you knew how Jane Austen came to be viewed as the world's greatest novelist, think again. Wells's meticulously researched and beautifully written book introduces a fascinating group of individuals whose contributions to Austen studies have long been obscure. After reading this book, I came to care as much about Alberta Burke and Oscar Fay Adams as I do about many of Austen's characters. -- Professor Jennie Batchelor, University of Kent, UK An insightful, illuminating and meticulously researched book. Wells animates her subjects with skill, energy and affection in a study that significantly deepens our understanding of early Austen experts and enthusiasts and their contribution to the field. * Lizzie Dunford, Director, Jane Austen's House, UK *