Reshaping the sexes in Sense and sensibility
By: Moreland Perkins.
Publisher: University Press of Virginia
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Man-woman relationships in literature.; Women intellectuals in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Heroines in literature.
Description: Moreland Perkins's Reshaping the Sexes in "Sense and Sensibility" is an accessible yet sophisticated exploration of Jane Austen's revision and reversal of sexual stereotypes. He argues that Austen's first published novel embodies her most sustained effort at correcting dominant concepts of gender in her era. Through an engaging, often witty analysis of the text, he demonstrates how the novel's protagonists deviate from ruling ideas of their sexes and reveal Austen's own feminist tendencies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.