Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England.
Title:
Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England.
Author:
Sales, Roger.
ISBN:
9780203427453
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (306 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Textual note -- Introduction -- Part I. The Regency reproduced -- 1. Rewriting the Regency -- Part II. The Regency rediscovered -- 2. The letters: Keeping and losing her countenance -- 3. The Prince, the dandy and the Crisis -- Part III. The political condition of Regency England -- 4. Mansfield Park: The Regency Crisis and the theatre -- Part IV. The sick society: Leisure and invalidism in the later writings -- 5. Emma: The village and the watering place -- 6. Persuasion: The war and the peace -- 7. Sanditon: The madhouse and the greenhouse -- Appendix: The plot of Lovers' Vows -- Afterword: Austenmania -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
In Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England, Roger Sales looks at Jane Austen's entire oeuve, and views her historically as a Regency writer voicing concerns on the condition of England. Examining Austen's literary works; her letters - in the context of those of other Regency women; as well as contemporary texts such as television adaptations of her work, Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England reconstructs the breadth of Jane Austen's writing. It also examines: * her representations of dandyism and masculine identities * the events of the Regency crisis of 1810-12 * the way in which Austen engaged in topical debates such as healthcare in both Emma and Persuasion.
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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