Title: Jane Austen and the war of ideas
Description: An analysis of Jane Austen's art in the light of the intellectual ferment of her times argues that she represents a conservative reaction against more permissive, individualistic, and personally expressive types of fiction of earlier years.
Subjects: English Love stories, Intellectual life, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Women and literature, English fiction, History, Austen, jane, 1775-1817, English Romance fiction, English drama, history and criticism, 18th century
Places: England, Great Britain
People: Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century