Jane Austen's families
By: June Sturrock
Publisher: Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780857282965
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Families in literature
Description: "This study is historically grounded, reading Austen in the context of contemporary writing and visual culture in an exploration of her treatment of the relations between parent and child. It examines Austen's heroines as their parents' daughters, responding to and resisting their upbringing, and shows how family interactions shape their courtships. Inevitably this concern involves a consideration both of the ethics of parenthood and of the ethics these heroines acquire from their parents, through adaptation, imitation and resistance to what they are taught, directly and indirectly. Interactions between parent and child affect both the daughter's experience and her active moral life."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The functions of the dysfunctional family : Northanger Abbey, Sense and sensibility, Pride and prejudice; title: Spoilt children : Pride and prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma; title: Usefulness and exertion : mothers and sisters in Sense and sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion; title: Money and Mansfield Park; title: Speech and silence in Emma; title: Dandies, beauties and Persuasion.