A Fine Brush On Ivory
An Appreciation of Jane Austen
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Product details:
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 7 October 2004
- ISBN 9780199276615
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 216x138x20 mm
- Weight 367 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
What is it about Jane Austen's writing that brings such pleasure? Richard Jenkyns' sparkling study delights in Austen's craft and wit. His deep reading of the novels illuminates the subtlety, depth and innovation that lies within them. He explores the development of her style, storytelling and characterization, her technical prowess, and her place in comparison with her contemporaries with a grace and wit worthy of the subject herself.
MoreLong description:
What is it about Jane Austen's writing that brings such pleasure? There are good, even great novelists who are not good story-tellers, and there are highly gifted story-tellers who write thoroughly bad books. Jane Austen was both a very good story-teller and a great novelist. How did she do it? Was it all due to native talent? Or did she serve an apprenticeship to her craft, to learn from experience, and from the example of other writers? Richard Jenkyns' sparkling study delights in
Austen's craft and wit. His deep reading of the novels illuminates the subtlety, depth and innovation that lies within them. He explores the development of her style, storytelling and characterization, her technical prowess, and her place in comparison with her contemporaries with a grace and wit
worthy of the subject herself. All who read this book will come away with their admiration for Austen deepened, and their pleasure in her work enhanced.
The book is written with great grace and elegance, and shows the development of [Austen's] genius as a storyteller. I felt that I knew a lot about her, but this book has given me new insights for which I'm grateful.
Table of Contents:
Beginnings
The Shape of Comedy
The Character of Character
A Park With a View
The Prisoner of Hartfield
