Speaking volumes
Subtitle: women, reading, and speech in the age of Austen
By: Patricia Howell Michaelson.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Contemporaries; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 19th century; Women -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 18th century; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century; Language and languages -- Sex differences; Language and culture -- England; Oral interpretation -- History; Reader-response criticism; Speech in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I. PERFORMING GENDER IN SPEECH; title: 1. Women and Language in the Eighteenth Century; title: 2. Polite and Plain Language; or, Amelia Opie "Quakerized"; title: 3. Acting, Text, and Correct Display: Sarah Siddons to; title: Fanny Price; title: II. READING AND SPEECH; title: 4. Reading and Domesticity Among the Burneys and Other Families; title: 5. Reading Austen, Practicing Speech; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.