So Odd a Mixture : Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'.
Title:
So Odd a Mixture : Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'.
Author:
Ferguson-Bottomer, Phyllis.
ISBN:
9781846426544
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- So Odd a Mixture: Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice' -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD -- FOREWORD BY EILEEN SUTHERLAND -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Characters, Caricatures and Conversations -- Part One: Background -- 2 Autistic Spectrum Disorders for Janeites -- 3 Pride and Prejudice for Autism Specialists -- Part Two: The Bennet Family -- 4 Mr Collins -- 5 Mary Bennet -- 6 Lydia Bennet -- 7 Mr Bennet -- 8 Mrs Bennet -- Part Three: The Fitzwilliam Family -- 9 Anne De Bourgh -- 10 Lady Catherine De Bourgh -- 11 Fitzwilliam Darcy -- Part Four: Conclusion -- 12 Happily Ever After? -- 13 How Did Austen Know? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Autism was not a recognised disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, but 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. So Odd a Mixture looks at characters in Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, who display autistic traits.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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