Jane Austen and Modernization [electronic resource] : Sociological Readings /
Thompson, J.author.
Jane Austen wrote when sociology was being established as the new discipline to understand social issues such as urbanization and industrialization. Drawing on landmark sociologists such as Durkheim and Bourdieu, this study argues that the novels of Austen were heavily influenced by these early developments in sociology.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jane Austen wrote when sociology was being established as the new discipline to understand social issues such as urbanization and industrialization. Drawing on landmark sociologists such as Durkheim and Bourdieu, this study argues that the novels of Austen were heavily influenced by these early developments in sociology.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Jane Austen and Modernization -- 2. Authority in Mansfield Park and Persuasion: Durkheim, Weber, and Parsons -- 3. Emma, Simmel, and Sociability -- 4. Pride and Prejudice, Goffman, and Strategic Interaction -- 5. Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, and Frame Analysis -- 6. Conclusion: History, Sociology, and Literature.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Fiction.
Sociology.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literature—History and criticism.
British literature.
Culture.
Fiction.
Sociology, general.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Literary History.
British and Irish Literature.
Sociology of Culture.