Jane Austen's names : riddles, persons, places /
In Jane Austen's works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters and places are as rich in subtle meaning as her prose itself. Wiltshire, for example, the home county of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey, is a clue that this heroine is not as stupid as she...
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Table of Contents:
- England. Words, names, persons, and places ; Names as history: invasion, migration, war, and conflict ; Civil war, ruins, and the conscience of the rich
- Names. Naming people: first names, nicknames, titles, and rank ; Titles, status, and surname: Austen's great surname matrix ; Personal names (first names and surnames) in the "Steventon" novels ; Personal names in the "Chawton" novels
- Places. Humans making and naming a landscape ; Placing the places ; Counties, towns, villages, estates: real and imaginary places in the "Steventon" novels ; Real and imaginary places in the "Chawton" novels
- Conclusion.