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Jane Austen and representations of Regency England /
This book firmly asserts Austen as a regency writer concerned about material social history issues. It illustrates how Austen's later work, including her letters, represent major historical developments of her period far more openly and directly than is generally recognised. It also depicts the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Textual note
- Introduction
- Part I The Regency reproduced
- 1 Rewriting the Regency
- Part II The Regency rediscovered
- 2 The letters: Keeping and losing her countenance
- 3 The Prince, the dandy and the Crisis
- Part III The political condition of Regency England
- 4 Mansfield Park : The Regency Crisis and the theatre
- Part IV The sick society: Leisure and invalidism in the later writings
- 5 Emma : The village and the watering place
- 6 Persuasion : The war and the peace
- 7 Sanditon : The madhouse and the greenhouse
- Appendix:
- The plot of Lovers' Vows
- Afterword:
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index.