A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World's Greatest Novelist Medieval

A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World's Greatest Novelist MedievalIn Juliette Wells' latest volume of books on Austen's readers she revolutionizes our understanding of how Austen came to be viewed as the world's greatest novelist. Wells shows that Austen's global reputation was established not by British scholars, as is commonly believed, but by visionary American writers and collectors, working largely outside academia. Drawing on extensive research, Wells weaves together colorful, compelling case studies of men

the French author

From the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library in New York

First available as a signed and limited volume

tracing the unbridled expansion of the 18th century and waves of mass immigration of the 19th and 20th centuries

In his introduction

Aunt Laurel enlists Morgan's help

there are references to him drinking "teas" made from herbs he gathered in nature

Plant Magick celebrates botanicals as creative muse – from ancient Greek sculptures to Renaissance paintings to visionary art inspired by psychoactive plants

wrote a holiday story at the request of his employer

and Green Tea

his books and the the many important American collections he helped to build still affect the American understanding of art today

“Until now