Jane Austen in a social context
By: edited by David Monaghan.
Contributors: Monaghan, David.
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Political and social views; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century; Love stories, English -- History and criticism; Social problems in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, Jane Austen as a social novelist / David Monaghan; title: Jane Austen and Romantic imprisonment / Nina Auerbach; title: The influence of place : Jane Austen and the novel of social consciousness / Ann Banfield; title: Disregarded designs : Jane Austen's sense of the volume / Marilyn Butler; title: Sex and social life in Jane Austen's novels / Jan S. Fergus; title: "Real solemn history" and social history / Christopher Kent; title: Jane Austen and the position of women / David Monaghan; title: Jane Austen and the problem of leisure / Jane Nardin; title: Mansfield Park : the revolt of the "feminine" woman / Leroy W. Smith; title: Muted discord : generational conflict in Jane Austen / Patricia Meyer Spacks; title: In between : Anne Elliot marries a sailor and Charlotte Heywood goes to the seaside / Tony Tanner.