The Reception of Jane Austen in Europe

Series Editor's Preface: Elinor Shaffer (University of London)AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsTimeline: European Reception of Jane Austen: Anthony Mandal (Cardiff University) and Paul Barnaby Introduction: Anthony Mandal (Cardiff University)1. The Reception of Jane Austen's Novels in France and Switzerland: The Early Years, 1813-1828: Isabelle Bour (University of Tours)2. The Reception of Jane Austen in France: The Later Nineteenth Century, 1830-1900: Isabelle Bour (University of Tours)3. The Reception of Jane Austen in France in the Modern Period, 1901-2004: Recognition at Last?: Isabelle Bour (University of Tours)4. Going Dutch: The Reception of Jane Austen in the Low Countries: Maximiliaan van Woudenberg (Sheridan Institute of Technology)5. The Reception of Jane Austen in Germany: Annika Bautz (University of Keele)6. 'Unconditional Surrender'? Jane Austen's Reception in Denmark: Peter Mortensen (Aarhus University)7. Jane Austen and Norway: Sharing the Long Road to Recognition: Marie Nedregotten Sørbø (Volda University College) 8. Jane Austen's Reception in Sweden: Irony as Criticism and Literary Value: Git Claesson Pipping (Södertörn University College) and Eleanor Wikborg (Stockholm University )9. The Reception of Jane Austen in Finland: Ellen Valle (University of Turku)10. Still the Great Forgotten? The Reception of Jane Austen in Spain: Aída Díaz Bild (University of La Laguna)11. The Reception of Jane Austen in Italy: Beatrice Battaglia (University of Bologna)12. The Reception of Jane Austen in Greece: Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki) and Maria Vara (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki)13. Jane Austen in Hungary: Nóra Séllei (University of Debrecen)14. A Hidden but Prestigious Voice: Jane Austen's Fiction in Slovenia: Vanesa Matajc (University of Ljubljana)15. Between Bath and Bosnia: Jane Austen and Croatian Culture: Tatjana Jukic (University of Zagreb)16. Jane Austen in Serbia, 1929--2000: Svetozar

Anthony Mandal is Lecturer in English Literature at Cardiff University. Brian Southam is former Chairman of the Jane Austen Society. Among his many books are the two volumes of Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage (1968, 1987).

"In the age of 'global' Jane Austen...the study of her reception around the world and through the ages is becoming of increasing interest to her readers. For this reason this collection of essays...is extremely timely...Each contribution stands on its own, enabling readers to delve into the history of Austen's increasing popularity in a particular country, while the exhaustive timeline, which charts the pan-European reception of Austen from 1775 to the present day (a stroke of genius), and the introduction by Professor Mandal provide the all-important overview of the vast subject matter of the book. As we approach the two hundredth anniversary of the foreign reception of Austen's peerless novels, we are fortunate to be able to welcome this fine new contribution to the important tradition of scholarship that explores and assesses the amazing phenomenon of Austen's enduring legacy and universal fame." -Elisabeth Lenckos, JASNA News: The Newsletter of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Winter 2008 -- Vol. 24 No. 3 "As an empirical piece of research, this edition is faultless; however, its chief value lies in the stories it tells of British-European relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and of the new ground it opens up in terms of widening Austne scholarship.The Reception of Jane Austen in Europe proves again how complex this apparently straightforward writer is; it is not so much the case that Austen can or cannot 'travel'; simply that she has rarely made the journey untarnished. But the journeys have been many, and whether Austen was translated in her lifetime (France), or not until the 1960s (Russia), there is a story to be told."Transnational Literature, May 2009 "This substantial volume, in the editors' words, builds on 'earlier commentaries by providing, for the first time, a comprehensive account of Austen's reception across seventeen nations' (2007, 2)." -James Rovira, College Literature, Vol. 36, April 2009 'The detailed scholarship in

In the age of 'global' Jane Austen...the study of her reception around the world and through the ages is becoming of increasing interest to her readers. For this reason this collection of essays...is extremely timely...Each contribution stands on its own, enabling readers to delve into the history of Austen's increasing popularity in a particular country, while the exhaustive timeline, which charts the pan-European reception of Austen from 1775 to the present day (a stroke of genius), and the introduction by Professor Mandal provide the all-important overview of the vast subject matter of the book. As we approach the two hundredth anniversary of the foreign reception of Austen's peerless novels, we are fortunate to be able to welcome this fine new contribution to the important tradition of scholarship that explores and assesses the amazing phenomenon of Austen's enduring legacy and universal fame. Elisabeth Lenckos JASNA News: The Newsletter of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Winter 2008. Vol. 24 No. 3