From Longman's Cultural Editions series, Emma, edited by Frances Ferguson, presents Jane Austen’s novel with illuminations from various contexts, ranging from first reviews, to the entertainments of riddles and charades, the vogue of gothic fiction, the plight of governesses that had their situations compared to slavery, and the economy of English estates. Handsomely produced and affordably priced, the Longman Cultural Editions series presents classic works in provocative and illuminating contexts-cultural, critical, and literary. Each Cultural Edition consists of the complete text of an important literary work, reliably edited, headed by an inviting introduction, and supplemented by helpful annotations; a table of dates to track its composition, publication, and public reception in relation to biographical, cultural and historical events; and a guide for further inquiry and study. The following Longman Cultural Editions are available now: Beowulf, Hamlet (2nd edition), Othello, Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Hard Times, Northanger Abbey, King Lear, and The Merchant of Venice. Titles available for fall include: Wollstonecraft, Emma, and Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2. One Cultural Edition can be packaged FREE with any single or combination of volumes of The Longman Anthology of British Literature by Damrosch et al, or at a discount with any other Longman textbook.
Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It includes novels, poetry, short stories, and essays. The series is extensive and open-ended, and provides school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It includes writing in English from various genres and differing times. Emma by Jane Austen is edited by Mary Berry, Educational Consultant. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Frances Ferguson is Mary Elizabeth Garrett Professor in Arts and Sciences and Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. In addition to this present volume, she is editor of the Longman Cultural Edition of Jane Austen's Emma. Her critical writings include Wordsworth: Language as Counter-spirit (Yale University Press, 1977), Solitude and the Sublime: Romanticism and the Aesthetics of Individuation (Routledge, 1992), and Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did To Action (University of Chicago Press, 2004), as well as numerous essays on eighteenth century and Romantic literature and literary theory.
