Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions [electronic resource] : The Significance of Objects /
Byrne, Sandie.author.
Who owns, who buys, who gives, and who notices objects is always significant in Austen's writing, placing characters socially and characterizing them symbolically. Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions looks at the significance of objects in Austen's major novels, fragments, and juvenilia.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Note on the Texts; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Austen Possessions and Dispossessions; 2 Sense and Sensibility: Giving and Taking; 3 Pride and Prejudice: General Impressions; 4 Mansfield Park: Everything has its Price; 5 Emma: The Obliged and the Obligated; 6 Persuasion: Loss and Retrieval; 7 Northanger Abbey: Signs Taken for Wonders; 8 The Early Writing and Fragments; Juvenilia; Lady Susan; The Watsons; Sanditon; 9 The Land and the Big House; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Who owns, who buys, who gives, and who notices objects is always significant in Austen's writing, placing characters socially and characterizing them symbolically. Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions looks at the significance of objects in Austen's major novels, fragments, and juvenilia.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
British literature.
Sociology.
Fiction.
Literature-Philosophy.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
British and Irish Literature.
Gender Studies.
Fiction.
Literary Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.