Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen - Softcover

Crawford, Mary

 
9781605831237: Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1605831239 ISBN 13: 9781605831237
Verlag: Grolier Club of New York, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

A new view of Jane Austen’s literary career and legacy through print artifacts.

In the semiquincentennial year of Jane Austen (1775–1817), she is arguably the best-known author in the English language after Shakespeare. However, this reputation was hard-won and was many years in the making. 

This book traces Jane Austen’s ascendence as a literary celebrity through print—from fine first editions to mass-market paperbacks, supplemented by manuscripts, movie posters, graphic novels, theater bills, play scripts, and paper currency. The temporal dimension makes this not only the story of Austen’s growing fame but also traces the changes in readers and reading culture over the last two centuries and a half. It demonstrates that cheap books are, in fact, the force that made “Miss Austen” canonical. 

Paper Jane accompanies an exhibition at The Grolier Club, drawing from private collections by Janine Barchas, Mary Crawford, and Sandra Clark.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Retired from Morgan Stanley after a forty-year career in financial services, bibliophile Mary Crawford now serves on three non-profit boards: The Grolier Club, the Mint Theater, and the Bibliographical Society of America.

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Verlag
Grolier Club of New York
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1605831239
ISBN 13 
9781605831237
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
60
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