Stafford, Fiona J.

Emma by Jane Austen ( Book )
16 editions published between 1816 and 2009 in English and held by 801 libraries worldwide
Emma, a self-assured young lady in Regency England, is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen ( Book )
6 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 372 libraries worldwide
Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighborhood, the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity, as misconceptions and hasty judgements lead to heartache and scandal, but eventually to true understanding, self-knowledge, and love. In this supremely satisfying story, Jane Austen balances comedy with seriousness, and witty observation with profound insight. This new edition includes a new introduction, updated notes, and new appendices on social rank and dancing in 19th-century England. - Publisher.

The last of the race : the growth of a myth from Milton to Darwin by Fiona J Stafford ( Book )
8 editions published between 1994 and 1997 in English and held by 353 libraries worldwide

The sublime savage : a study of James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian by Fiona J Stafford ( Book )
5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 323 libraries worldwide

Jane Austen's Emma : a casebook ( Book )
6 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 309 libraries worldwide
This collection opens with an introduction encouraging readers to re-read 'Emma', and to find its pleasures magnified by the critical interpretations and scholarship represented in this casebook.

Starting lines in Scottish, Irish, and English poetry : from Burns to Heaney by Fiona J Stafford ( Book )
7 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 269 libraries worldwide
"Why should a poem begin with a line from another poem? Is an eighteenth-century epigraph working in the same way as a post-modern quotation? And how are the dynamics of the new text and the source affected by issues of nationhood, language, history, and cultural tradition? Are literary ideas of originality and imitation, allusion and influence inherently political if the poems emerge from different sides of a border or of a colonial relationship?" "Taking as a framework the history of relations between Ireland, England, and Scotland since the 1707 Union, the book explores such questions through a series of close readings. Textual encounters singled out for detailed discussion include Burns's use of Shakespeare, Coleridge's reference to 'Sir Patrick Spens', James Clarence Mangan's adaptation of Percy Bysshe Shelly, Ciaran Carson's quotation from John Keats, Seamus Heaney's meditation on Henry Vaughan, and the evolution of 'The Homes of England' from Felicia Hemans to Noel Coward."--BOOK JACKET.

Local attachments : the province of poetry by Fiona J Stafford ( Book )
3 editions published in 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 201 libraries worldwide

Jane Austen by Fiona J Stafford ( Book )
3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 168 libraries worldwide
"In this new biography, leading scholar Fiona Stafford offers a fresh perspective on Jane Austen's life and work, discussing her classic works in the context of the world in which they were published, and offering an informative and enjoyable insight into the life of Austen as both a woman and a writer."--BOOK JACKET.

From Gaelic to Romantic : Ossianic translations ( Book )
5 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in English and held by 115 libraries worldwide

Lodore by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ( Book )
6 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in English and held by 107 libraries worldwide