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Emma: Norton Critical Edition » (3rd Edition)

Book cover image of Emma: Norton Critical Edition by Jane Austen

Authors: Jane Austen, Stephen M. Parrish
ISBN-13: 9780393972849, ISBN-10: 0393972844
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: May 2000
Edition: 3rd Edition

Author Biography: Jane Austen

Jane Austen's delightful, carefully wrought novels of manners remain surprisingly relevant, nearly 200 years after they were first published. Her novels -- Pride and Prejudice and Emma among them -- are those rare books that offer us a glimpse at the mores of a specific period while addressing the complexities of love, honor, and responsibility that still intrigue us today.

Book Synopsis

The text reprinted in this new edition of Austen’s comedic novel is based on the 1816 text, which has been carefully edited in light of later editions, including the Chapman edition.

	About the Series	v
	About This Volume	vii
	About the Text	xi
Part 1	Emma: The Complete Text in Cultural Context
	Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts	3
	The Complete Text	21
	Contextual Documents and Illustrations	382
	A Riddle	385
	Robin Adair	386
	from Unfortunate Situation of Females, Fashionably Educated, and Left without a Fortune. (1787)	387
	from Letter to His Son (1750)	389
	from Essays on the Picturesque (1810)	390
	from Our Domestic Policy. No I. (1829)	391
	Opinions of Emma (Ca. 1816)	392
	Crossed Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra (June 20, 1808)	398
	The Frolics of the Sphynx (1820)	399
	Square Pianoforte (1805)	400
	A Barouche Landau (1805)	401
	A View of Box Hill, Surrey (1733)	401
	The Lincolnshire Ox (1790)	402
Part 2	Emma: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism
	A Critical History of Emma	405
	Gender Criticism and Emma	425
	What Is Gender Criticism?	425
	Gender Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	437
	A Gender Studies Perspective: Claudia L. Johnson, "Not at all what a man should be!": Remaking English Manhood in Emma	441
	Marxist Criticism and Emma	456
	What Is Marxist Criticism?	456
	Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	470
	A Marxist Perspective: Beth Fowkes Tobin, Aiding Impoverished Gentlewomen: Power and Class in Emma	473
	Cultural Criticism and Emma	488
	What Is Cultural Criticism?	488
	Cultural Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	503
	A Cultural Perspective: Paul Delany, "A Sort of Notch in the Donwell Estate": Intersections of Status and Class in Emma	508
	The New Historicism and Emma	524
	What Is the New Historicism?	524
	The New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography	538
	A New Historicist Perspective: Casey Finch and Peter Bowen, "The Tittle-Tattle of Highbury": Gossip and the Free Indirect Style in Emma	543
	Feminist Criticism and Emma	559
	What Is Feminist Criticism?	559
	Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	569
	A Feminist Perspective: Devoney Looser, "The Duty of Woman by Woman": Reforming Feminism in Emma	577
	Combining Perspectives on Emma	594
	Combining Perspectives: Marilyn Butler, Introduction to Emma	597
	Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms	615
	About the Contributors	635