A review by flappermyrtle
Jane Austen's Cults and Cultures by Claudia L. Johnson

3.0

Having just finished this book, I cannot but mourn the afterword of this otherwise interesting and informative book. In her last pages, Johnson is so negative about screen adaptations and other modern Austenian paraphernalia, and speaks in such discriminatory tones of fans of the television series and films that it left a bad taste in my mouth. In the other chapters, she provides a wealth of information on Austen's stature throughout the ages and zooms in on interesting artifacts and critical works. But in her introduction and afterword, she comes forward as a Janeite herself, and one that is very haughty considering her status as a reader and editor of Austen's works. Pity, really.