Jane Austen and the war of ideas /
In this book, Professor Butler examines the very different schools of writing about Austen, and finds in them some unexpected continuities, such as a willingness to recruit her to modern aims, but a reluctance to engage with her own history.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1990.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- PART I : THE NOVEL AND THE WAR OF IDEAS
- Sentimentalism : the radical inheritance
- The Jacobin novel I : Revolution and reason
- The Jacobin novel II : Caleb Williams and Hermsprong
- The Anti-Jacobins
- Maria Edgeworth
- PART II : JANE AUSTEN
- Seeing a meaning
- the Juvenilia and Northanger Abbey
- Sense and sensibility
- Pride and prejudice
- Mansfield Park
- Emma
- Persuasion and sanditon
- Conclusion.