Reading Jane Austen [electronic resource] /
Scheuermann, M.author.
Reading Jane Austenexplores Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Persuasion against their historical and cultural backdrop to show precisely how Jane Austen sets out the core themes of British morality in her novels. Austen s period was arguably the most socially and politically tumultuous in England s history, and by replacing the novels in this remarkable era, Scheuermann sharply defines Austen s view of the social contract.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading Jane Austenexplores Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Persuasion against their historical and cultural backdrop to show precisely how Jane Austen sets out the core themes of British morality in her novels. Austen s period was arguably the most socially and politically tumultuous in England s history, and by replacing the novels in this remarkable era, Scheuermann sharply defines Austen s view of the social contract.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Literature, Modern-19th century.
British literature.
Fiction.
Sociology.
Literature, Modern-18th century.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Fiction.
Gender Studies.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.