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Jane Austen and the Enlightenment /

In this first ever study of Jane Austen and the Enlightenment, Peter Knox-Shaw draws out the Enlightenment principles and ideas which lie behind much of Austen's writing. His study offers a startling new perspective on Austen, and is essential reading for all those interested in Austen and her...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knox-Shaw, Peter, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on chronology; CHAPTER 1 Auspices; CHAPTER 2 Pride and Prejudice, a politics of the picturesque; CHAPTER 3 Northanger Abbey and the liberal historians; CHAPTER 4 Sense and Sensibility and the philosophers; CHAPTER 5 Diffraction; CHAPTER 6 Mansfield Park: charting the religious revival; CHAPTER 7 Emma, and the flaws of sovereignty; CHAPTER 8 Persuasion: light on an old genre; CHAPTER 9 Sanditon and speculation; Select bibliography; UNPUBLISHED SOURCES; PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index.