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This scholarly text, suitable for graduates and undergraduates alike, examines how the Gothic writing of Ann Radcliffe and the eighteenth-century novels of Fanny Barney helped to shape and hone Jane Austen's own eighteenth century literary endeavors. It specifically focuses on Austen's early works Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, and Sense and Sensibility, all of which were conceived and shaped during the last decade of the 1700's. This study closely follows the manner in which Austen eschewed the popular epistolary genre in favour of the novel-form, how she mastered the parodic-Gothic form, and

Gothic revival (Literature) --- Women and literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Literary movements --- Revival movements (Art) --- Romanticism --- Literature --- Influence --- History --- Austen, Jane, --- Radcliffe, Ann Ward, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Influence. --- Radcliffe, --- Radklif, Anna, --- Ratcliffe, --- Rattcliffe, Anne, --- Ao-ssu-ting, --- Ao-ssu-ting, Chien, --- Aosiding, --- Aosiding, Jian, --- Āsṭin̲, Jēn̲, --- Austenová, Jane, --- Osten, Dzheĭn, --- Ostin, Dzhein, --- Lady, --- Author of Sense and Sensibility, --- Остен, Джейн, --- Остен, Джейм, --- אוסטן, ג׳יין --- אוסטן, ג׳יין, --- أوستن، جين،

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‘Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945’ is a study of the history of reading Jane Austen’s novels. It discusses Austen’s own ideas about books and readers, the uses she makes of her reading, and the aspects of her style that are related to the ways in which she has been read. The volume considers the role of editions and criticism in directing readers’ responses, and presents and analyses a variety of source material related to the ordinary readers who read Austen’s works between 1786 and 1945.

Books and reading --- Reader-response criticism --- Authors and readers --- History. --- Austen, Jane, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Appreciation. --- Influence. --- Knowledge --- Literature. --- Books and reading. --- Readers and authors --- Authorship --- Reader-oriented criticism --- Reception aesthetics --- Criticism --- Reading --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Ao-ssu-ting, --- Ao-ssu-ting, Chien, --- Aosiding, --- Aosiding, Jian, --- Āsṭin̲, Jēn̲, --- Austenová, Jane, --- Osten, Dzheĭn, --- Ostin, Dzhein, --- Lady, --- Author of Sense and Sensibility, --- Остен, Джейн, --- Остен, Джейм, --- אוסטן, ג׳יין --- אוסטן, ג׳יין, --- أوستن، جين،