Uncovering a radical, spirited and political engaged Austen, Jane Austen, The Secret Radical will encourage you to read Jane, all over again. In her first, brilliantly original book, Austen expert Helena Kelly introduces the reader to a passionate woman living in an age of revolution to a writer who used what was regarded as the lightest of literary genres, the novel, to grapple with the weightiest of subjects - feminism, slavery, abuse, the treatment of the poor, the power of the Church, even evolution - at a time, and in a place, when to write about such things directly was seen as akin to treason. Jane Austen, The Secret Radical puts that right. We just don't read her properly - we haven't been reading her properly for 200 years. She writes about serious subjects and her books are deeply subversive. Her novels don't confine themselves to grand houses and they were not written just for readers' enjoyment.
In her first, brilliantly original book, Austen expert Helena Kelly introduces the reader to a passionate woman living in an age of revolution to a writer who used what was regarded as the lightest of literary genres, the novel, to grapple with the weightiest of subjects – feminism, slavery, abuse, the treatment of the poor, the power of the Church, even evolution – at a time, and in a place, when to write about such things directly was seen as akin to treason.Uncovering a radical, spirited and political engaged Austen, Jane Austen, The Secret Radical will encourage you to read Jane, all over again.'A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.' Caroline Criado-Perez, GuardianĪlmost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong.
We just don't read her properly - we haven't been reading her properly for 200 years.Jane Austen, The Secret Radical puts that right.
Pero era menos inconformista de lo que la gente suele pensar Creció leyendo a un buen número de novelistas exitosas, varias de las cuales publicaron con sus propios nombres. Details Reviews A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daringhow truly radicala writer she. 'A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.' Caroline Criado-Perez, Guardian Almost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong. Jane Austen el radical secreto comienza con ella escribiendo esa carta. In Jane Austen, the Secret Radical, Helena Kelly, dazzling Jane Austen authority, looks at the writer and her work in the context of Austens own time to reveal this popular, beloved artist.
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