Moreover , with the publication of Julia Prewitt Brown 's `` Jane Austen 's Novels : Social Change and Literary Form '' ( 1979 ) , Margaret Kirkham 's `` Jane Austen : Feminism and Fiction '' ( 1983 ) , and Claudia L. Johnson 's `` Jane Austen : Women , Politics and the Novel '' ( 1988 ) , scholars were no longer able to easily argue that Austen was `` apolitical , or even unqualifiedly ` conservative ' '' .
Also , when Julia Prewitt Brown 's `` Jane Austen 's Novels : Social Change and Literary Form '' ( 1979 ) , Margaret Kirkham 's `` Jane Austen : Feminism and Fiction '' ( 1983 ) , and Claudia L. Johnson 's `` Jane Austen : Women , Politics and the Novel '' ( 1988 ) were printed , scholars were no longer able to argue that Austen was firmly `` apolitical , or even ... ` conservative ' '' .