Emma: An Annotated Edition - Rilegato

Austen, Jane

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ISBN 10: 0674048849 ISBN 13: 9780674048843

Casa editrice: Belknap Pr, 2012

Riassunto

Emma, perhaps the most technically accomplished of all of Austen’s novels, is also, afterPride and Prejudice, her most popular one. Its numerous film and television adaptations testify to the world’s enduring affection for the headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her many romantic schemes. Like the previous volumes in Harvard’s celebrated annotated Austen series, Emma: An Annotated Edition is a beautiful and illuminating gift edition that will be treasured by readers.

Stimulating and helpful annotations appear in the book’s margins, offering information, definitions, and commentary. In his Introduction, Bharat Tandon suggests several ways to approach the novel, enabling a larger appreciation of its central concerns and accomplishments. Appearing throughout the book are many illustrations, often in color, which help the reader to better picture the Regency-era world that serves as the stage for Emma’s matchmaking adventures.

Whether explaining the intricacies of early nineteenth-century dinner etiquette or speculating on Highbury’s deliberately imprecise geographical location, Tandon serves as a delightful and entertaining guide. For those coming to the novel for the first time or those returning to it, Emma: An Annotated Edition offers a valuable portal to Austen’s world.

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Recensione:

Bharat Tandon's edition of Emma is a delight to read, as pleasurable as it is thought-provoking. He captures both the delights of Austen's novel and the way that those delights are shadowed by darker intimations. --Deidre Lynch, University of Toronto

A superb new edition which combines weighty scholarship with exemplary lightness of touch. Bharat Tandon contributes not only a sparkling introduction, but also a bold set of notes that work like little keyholes, allowing us to peer into the most distant corners of Austen's world. Many of the novel's most subtle touches have been muffled by the passage of time; this edition brings them back to life. Suddenly a novel we thought we knew looks as fresh as it did on its first appearance almost 200 years ago. --Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, University of Oxford

Bharat Tandon brings Emma to life like no previous editor. His extensive and engaging annotation throws searching new light on even its most familiar moments, while his splendid choice of illustrations reveals the world of the novel its people, musical instruments, dresses, dances, games, furniture, food, carriages, books, and beautiful rural landscapes in unmatched detail and immediacy. --Robert Morrison, Queen's University

L'autore:

Bharat Tandon is Lecturer in English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.

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• Editore: Belknap Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0674048849
• ISBN 13: 9780674048843
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 560
• Redattore: Tandon Bharat