Jane Austen, feminism and fiction /
A classic account of Jane Austen in the context of eighteenth century feminist ideas and contemporary thought.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ :
Athlone Press,
1997
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Feminism and Fiction: 1694-1798; 1. Introduction; 2. Mary Astell to Catherine Macaulay: Women, Morals and Education; 3. ''A New Species of Writing''; 4. Sir Charles Grandison; 5. Women as Authors: 1788-98; 6. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; 7. The ''Great Wollstonecraft Scandal'' of 1798; Part Two: The Publication and Reception of Jane Austen''s Novels, 1797-1818; 8. The Feminist Controversy and the Received Biography; 9. Residence in Bath; 10. The Curious History of Mrs Ashton Dennis (M.A.D.); 11. Scott''s Review of Emma.
- Part Three: Allusion, Irony and Feminism in the Austen Novels12. Comedy and the Austen Heroines: The Early Novels; 13. Sense and Sensibility; 14. Northhanger Abbey; 15. Pride and Prejudice; 16. Kotzebue and Theatrical Allusion in Mansfield Park and Emma; Part Four: Feminist Criticism of Society and Literature in the Later Novels; 17. Mansfield Park; 18. Emma; 19. Persuasion and Sanditon; Postcript: Jane Austen and the Critical Tradition; Appendix: The Bath Theatre; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Y.
