So odd a mixture
Subtitle: along the autistic spectrum in Pride and prejudice
By: Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer ; forewords by Eileen Sutherland and Tony Attwood.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781843104995
Subjects: Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817; Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Characters; Autism in literature
Description: "Autism was not a recognized disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, nor for well over a century after her death. However, there were certainly people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen wrote about them without knowing what it was that she was describing."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.