Reading Austen in America

Description:

"Austen in America tells the story of America's long love-affair with Jane Austen and her work. Beginning with the first US edition of Emma, published in Philadelphia in 1816, Juliette Wells--author of Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination--goes on to explore Austen's American publication history, correspondence with readers through the ages and the work of curators, promoters and fans of Austen in the 21st century."-- "A vivid history of Jane Austen's American readers and fans, from her own day to the present"--

subjects: Books and reading,  Appreciation,  Reader-response criticism,  Influence,  Authors and readers,  Austen, jane, 1775-1817,  LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors,  LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance,  LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading,  Art appreciation,  Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

People: Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Places: United States