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In The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen leading scholars from around the world present Austen's works in two broad contexts: that of her contemporary world, and that of present-day critical discourse. Beside discussions of Austen's novels there are essays on religion, politics, class-consciousness, publishing practices, and domestic economy, which describe the world in which Austen lived and wrote. More traditional issues for literary analysis are then addressed: style in the novels, Austen's letters as literary productions, and the stylistic significance of her juvenile works. The volume concludes with assessments of the history of Austen criticism and the development of Austen as a literary cult-figure; it provides a chronology, and highlights the most interesting studies of Austen in a vast field of contemporary critical diversity.

A comprehensive guide to Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world and present-day criticism.

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CONTENTS

Notes on contributors = ⅸ

Preface / EDWARD COPELAND ; JULIET McMASTER = xi

Acknowledgements = xiv

Texts and abbreviations = xv

1 Chronology of Jane Austen's life / DEIRDRE LE FAYE = 1

2 The professional woman writer / JAN FERGUS = 12

3 Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice / RACHEL M. BROWNSTEIN = 32

4 Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuation / JOHN WILTSHIRE = 58

5 The short fiction / MARGARET ANNE DOODY = 84

6 The letters / CAROL HOULIHAN FLYNN = 100

7 Class / JULIET McMASTER = 115

8 Money / EDWARD COPELAND = 131

9 Religion and politics / GARY KELLY = 149

10 Style / JOHN F. BURROWS = 170

11 Jane Austen and literary traditions / ISOBEL GRUNDY = 189

12 Austen cults and cultures / CLAUDIA L. JOHNSON = 211

13 Further reading / BRUCE STOVEL = 227

Index = 244