Description: A comprehensive look at the academic criticism of Jane Austen from her time down to the present.
Brief description: LAURENCE W. MAZZENO is President Emeritus of Alvernia University.
Review Quotes:
"[W]ill make shelf-challenged booklovers willingly dust off more space. . . . [A] useful tool for assessing past writings and approaches, a solid base upon which to build further scholarship." --Jane Austen Society of North America Newsletter
"A seminal work of academic excellence and an especially recommended addition to personal and academic library reference collections and reading lists." --Midwest Book Review
"A generous, articulate, well-organized, and, amazingly, . . . inviting survey of biography and exegesis. . . . Mazzeno's study is capacious and comprehensive in range and witness." --Wordsworth Circle