A classic account of Jane Austen in the context of eighteenth century feminist ideas and contemporary thought.



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Kirkham was formerly a lecturer at Bristol Polytechnic.



Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction


Part One: Feminism and Fiction 1694-1798

Introduction

Mary Astell to Catherine Macaulay: Women, Morals and Education

'A New Species of Writing'

Sir Charles Grandison

Women as Authors: 1788-98

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

The 'Great Wollstonecraft Scandal' of 1798


Part Two: The Publication and Reception of Jane Austen's Novels, 1797-1818

The Feminist Controversy and the Received Biography

Residence in Bath

The Curious History of Mrs Ashton Dennis (M.A.D)

Scott's Review of Emma


Part Three: Allusion, Irony and Feminism in the Austen Novels

Comedy and the Austen Heroines: The Early Novels

Sense and Sensibility

Northanger Abbey

Pride and Prejudice

Kotzebue and Theatrical Allusion in Mansfield Park and Emma


Part Four: Feminist Criticism of Society and Literature in the Later Novels

Mansfield Park

Emma

Persuasion and Sanditon


Postscript: Jane Austen and the Critical Tradition


Appendix: The Bath Theatre


Notes

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Index

Titel
Jane Austen, Feminism and Fiction
Untertitel
Second Edition
EAN
9780567453365
ISBN
978-0-567-45336-5
Format
PDF
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
01.12.2000
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
10.12 MB
Anzahl Seiten
204
Jahr
2000
Untertitel
Englisch