Jamie, Aronson,
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This article chronicles the early life of Jane Austen . Unrealistic characters and sentimental plots typified early nineteenth-century novels until English author Jane Austen (1775 -1817 ) popularized the literary genre of domestic realism. Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, England. Jane's closest childhood friend was her older sister Cassandra, born in 1773. In 1785, Jane and Cassandra attended the Abbey School in the town of Reading. Between 1787 and 1793, Austen wrote several satirical short novels that parodied the unrealistic way that women were portrayed in sentimental novels . These include "The Beautiful Cassandra: A Novel in Twelve Chapters" and "Frederic and Elfrida: A Novel ."
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 - Biographies of British authors - Realism - Women authors - British women authors - Sense & Sensibility (Book : Austen) - Northanger Abbey (Book : Austen) - English novelists - English fiction - British authors - Pride & Prejudice (Book : Austen) - Mansfield Park (Book : Austen) - Emma (Book : Austen) - Persuasion (Book : Austen) - United Kingdom - EnglandContent provider:
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CAREER LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: Biography of Jane Austen .
Reisman, Rosemary M. Canfield
A biography of author Jane Austen is presented. She was born on December 16, 1775 in S...
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CAREER LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: Biography of Jane Austen .
Critical Insights: Jane Austen. 2010, p8-14. 7p.
A biography of author Jane Austen is presented. She was born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, England and studied at St. John's College. It mentions that she collect jokes, skits when she was eleven or twelve. In 1795, she completed "Elinor and Marianne," which was later revised as "Sense and Sensibility." Other novels include "Pride and Prejudice" and "Northanger Abbey ."
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 - Women authors - Fiction writing - Sense & Sensibility (Book : Austen) - Pride & Prejudice (Book : Austen) - Northanger Abbey (Book : Austen)Content provider:
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Moore, Catherine E.
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Masterplots, Fourth Edition. Nov2010, p1-4. 4p.
A brief synopsis and critical analysis of Jane Austen ’s Northanger Abbey . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Betrayal - Siblings - Clergy - Eighteenth century - Friendship - Gossip - Imagination - Literature - Coming of age - Innocence (Psychology) - Nineteenth century - Values (Ethics) - Wit & humorContent provider:
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‘& Not the Least Wit’: Jane Austen ’s Use of ‘Wit’
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Humanities (Basel). October, 2022, Vol. 11 Issue 6
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Cox, Octavia
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Humanities (Basel). October, 2022, Vol. 11 Issue 6
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Graham, Peter W.
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Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition. Jan2010, p1-9. 9p.
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Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition. Jan2010, p1-9. 9p.
A biographical essay about Jane Austen , with brief critical analysis of major works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Burdan, Judith
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Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series. Mar1995, p1-3. 3p.
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A summary and analysis of Northanger Abbey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series. Mar1995, p1-3. 3p.
A summary and analysis of Northanger Abbey . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Betrayal - Siblings - Clergy - Eighteenth century - Friendship - Gossip - Imagination - Literature - Coming of age - Innocence (Psychology) - Nineteenth century - Values (Ethics) - Wit & humorContent provider:
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Looser, Devoney;Looser, Devoney
Pride and Prejudice Novel Study Guide
Austen, Jane;Saddleback Educational Publishing;Austen, Jane;Saddleback Educ...
Themes: Teacher's Resource Guide, Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Jane Austen, F...
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Pride and Prejudice Novel Study Guide
2010
Themes: Teacher's Resource Guide, Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Jane Austen , Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books, Reproducible Activities. Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching high-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys. The guide is digital; simply print the activities you need for each lesson. Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page. Included are eight pages of end-of-book activities to enhance the reading experience.
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Nora Bartlett;Jane Stabler;Nora Bartlett;Jane Stabler
This volume presents an exhilarating and insightful collection of essays on Jane Auste...
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2021
This volume presents an exhilarating and insightful collection of essays on Jane Austen – distilling the author's deep understanding and appreciation of Austen's works across a lifetime. The volume is both intra- and inter-textual in focus, ranging from perceptive analysis of individual scenes to the exploration of motifs across Austen's fiction. Full of astute connections, these lively discussions hinge on the study of human behaviour – from family relationships to sickness and hypochondria – highlighting Austen's artful literary techniques and her powers of human observation. Jane Austen : Reflections of a Reader by (the late) Nora Bartlett is a brilliant contribution to the field of Jane Austen studies, both in its accessible style (which preserves the oral register of the original lectures), and in its foregrounding of the reader in a warm, compelling and incisive conversation about Austen's works. As such, it will appeal widely to all lovers of Jane Austen , whether first-time readers, students or scholars.
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Mothers and daughters - Courtship--Fiction - Nursing--FictionContent provider:
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Sheila Johnson Kindred;Sheila Johnson Kindred
In 1807 genteel, Bermuda-born Fanny Palmer (1789–1814) married Jane Austen's youngest ...
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2017
In 1807 genteel, Bermuda-born Fanny Palmer (1789–1814) married Jane Austen's youngest brother, Captain Charles Austen , and was thrust into a demanding life within the world of the British navy. Experiencing adventure and adversity in wartime conditions both at sea and onshore, the spirited and resilient Fanny travelled between Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and England. For just over a year, her home was in the city of Halifax. After crossing the Atlantic in 1811, she ingeniously made a home for Charles and their daughters aboard a working naval vessel and developed a supportive friendship with his sister, Jane . In Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister Fanny's articulate and informative letters – transcribed in full for the first time and situated in their meticulously researched historical context – disclose her quest for personal identity and autonomy, her maturation as a wife and mother, and the domestic, cultural, and social milieu she inhabited. Sheila Johnson Kindred also investigates how Fanny was a source of naval knowledge for Jane , and how she was an inspiration for Austen's literary invention, especially for the female naval characters in Persuasion. Although she died young, Fanny's story is a compelling record of female naval life that contributes significantly to our limited knowledge of women's roles in the Napoleonic Wars. Enhanced by rarely seen illustrations, Fanny's life story is a rich new source for Jane Austen scholars and fans of her fiction, as well as for those interested in biography, women's letters, and history of the family.
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Officers' spouses--Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century - Officers' spouses--Great Britain--Correspondence - Officers' spouses--Great Britain--BiographyContent provider:
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101 Amazing Facts About Jane Austen
Goldstein, Jack;Reese, Isabella;Goldstein, Jack;Reese, Isabella
Did you know that when some of Jane Austen's lesser-known work was sent to publishers ...
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101 Amazing Facts About Jane Austen
2014
Did you know that when some of Jane Austen's lesser-known work was sent to publishers in 2007 under a pseudonym it was rejected? Do you know in which radio sitcom she was once portrayed as a foul-mouthed and violent inhabitant of hell who even the devil was scared of? And what have zombies got to do with Pride and Prejudice? This fascinating book contains over one hundred facts about Jane Austen , organised into categories for easy reading. Whether you are studying Austen for a project or you are just interested in finding out more about the queen of regency romance, this is the book for you.
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Novelists, English--Biography - Women novelists, English--19th century--BiographyContent provider:
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Christopher N L Brooke;Christopher N L Brooke
Rank and state, church and clergy, marriage, Jane Austen's own convictions: a historia...
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1999
Rank and state, church and clergy, marriage, Jane Austen's own convictions: a historian explores.'Can he be a sensible man, sir?''No, my dear; I think not...'Thus Christopher Brooke prefaces his study of Jane Austen , whose sharp intelligence and wit have been the companions of his leisure for many years.In answer to the question as to whether there can be anything left to be said, Brooke returns rewardingly to her own writing, the novels and the letters, and with a historian's precision reveals new detail and fresh insights. What is the world Jane Austen describes, and how is it related to the world in which she lived? A close reading of each of the major novels leads into a detailed examination of a sheaf of themes - church and clergy, rank and status,marriage - to see how they are handled in their social and historical setting, what is revealed about Jane Austen's deepest convictions, and how these might be validly deduced from the text of her novels . The wisdom and insight hehas brought to historical research are now rewardingly brought to bear on a novelist of endless fascination. The late CHRISTOPHER BROOKE enjoyed a wide reputation as a historian, primarily of the medieval church and other institutions (he is the author of The Medieval Idea of Marriage), and of the 18th-century church portrayed so frequently, and so variously, in Jane Austen's novels .
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Literature and society--England--History--19th century - Literature and history--England--History--19th century - Women and literature--England--History--19th century - Manners and customs in literatureContent provider:
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Epigraphs in the English Novel 1750–1850: Seducing the Reader
Readioff, Corrina;Readioff, Corrina
The first book-length investigation of the history of pre-chapter epigraphs in the Eng...
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Epigraphs in the English Novel 1750–1850: Seducing the Reader
2023
The first book-length investigation of the history of pre-chapter epigraphs in the English novelOffers detailed insight into the development and function of the epigraph from 1750 to 1850Demonstrates the enduring versatility of the epigraph and of paratextual approaches to literary criticismPresents a survey of pre-chapter paratext in English fiction first-published between 1750 and 1850, drawing upon a dataset of nearly 6000 novelsProvides case studies of epigraphs in the works of canonical authors (e.g. Radcliffe, Lewis, Scott, and Gaskell), and places these within a wider context of epigraphic and literary development in fiction by influential, though less well-known, writers (Chaigneau, Helme, Stannard Barrett, Gore)Epigraphs in the English Novel 1750-1850 uncovers the early history of the epigraph, narrating the surprising story of how this long-overlooked feature morphed from moral didactic heading to Gothic tag-line to witty realist commentary within a single century. Adorning fictional narratives of rakes and sex workers, oppressed heroines and Jacobite heroes, the epigraph has been used by authors to preach, teach, amuse, or even completely misdirect their readers. Supported by a survey of pre-chapter paratext in nearly 6000 novels from 1750 to 1850, this monograph explores the changing influences upon and functions of epigraphs over time via detailed close readings and literary criticism. Focusing upon key generic developments, this book adopts a case-study style format to examine epigraphic usage in the works of canonical authors including Sarah Fielding, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith, Walter Scott, and Elizabeth Gaskell alongside those of less well-known novelists such as William Chaigneau, Elizabeth Helme, and Catherine Gore.
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English fiction--19th century--History and criticism - English fiction--18th century--History and criticism - Epigraphs (Literature)Content provider:
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The Sensation of Language in Jane Austen's Persuasion.
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Eighteenth Century Fiction. Winter2017, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p243-263. 21p.
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Quinn, Megan
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Eighteenth Century Fiction. Winter2017, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p243-263. 21p.
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READING JANE AUSTEN THROUGH THE LENS OF THE LAW: LEGAL ISSUES IN AUSTEN'S LIFE AND NOVELS .
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Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law. Spring2017, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p115-166. 52p.
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Collins, Maureen B.
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Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law. Spring2017, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p115-166. 52p.
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READING JANE AUSTEN THROUGH THE LENS OF THE LAW: LEGAL ISSUES IN AUSTEN'S LIFE AND NOVELS .
Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law. Spring2017, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p115-166. 52p.
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The Gothic Novel in Ireland, C. 1760–1829
Christina Morin;Christina Morin
The gothic novel in Ireland, c. 1760–1829 offers a compelling account of the developme...
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The Gothic Novel in Ireland, C. 1760–1829
2018
The gothic novel in Ireland, c. 1760–1829 offers a compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland. Countering traditional scholarly views of the ‘rise'of ‘the gothic novel 'on the one hand, and, on the other, Irish Romantic literature, this study persuasively re-integrates a body of now overlooked works into the history of the literary gothic as it emerged across Ireland, Britain, and Europe between 1760 and 1829. Its twinned quantitative and qualitative analysis of neglected Irish texts produces a new formal, generic, and ideological map of gothic literary production in this period, persuasively positioning Irish works and authors at the centre of a new critical paradigm with which to understand both Irish Romantic and gothic literary production.
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English fiction--Ireland--18th century--History and criticism - Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--Ireland--History and criticism - English fiction--Ireland--19th century--History and criticismContent provider:
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BEYOND AUSTEN AND SHELLEY.
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Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Spring2018, Vol. 98 Issue 1, p22-22. 1p.
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LOOSER, DEVONEY
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Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Spring2018, Vol. 98 Issue 1, p22-22. 1p.
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The article explores the enduring popularity of English authors Jane Austen and Mary S...
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BEYOND AUSTEN AND SHELLEY.
Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Spring2018, Vol. 98 Issue 1, p22-22. 1p.
The article explores the enduring popularity of English authors Jane Austen and Mary Shelley and their works. The novels "Frankenstein," by Shelley, and "Northanger Abbey " and "Persuasion," by Austen , celebrate their 200th anniversary in 2018. Their continued popularity may be due to the universal themes of their works. Austen's novels focus on family conflict, courtship and marriage, female independence and social change, while "Frankenstein" deals with life and death and good and evil.
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AUSTEN, Jane, 1775-1817 - SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 - FRANKENSTEIN: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Book : Shelley) - NORTHANGER Abbey (Book : Austen) - PERSUASION (Book : Austen) - BRITISH women authorsContent provider:
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Graham, Peter W.;Pearl, Leslie A.;;;Graham, Peter W.;Pearl, Leslie A.
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Critical Survey of Short Fiction: British, Irish January 2012, p1-2
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A biographical essay about Jane Austen, with brief critical analysis of major short fi...
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Critical Survey of Short Fiction: British, Irish January 2012, p1-2
A biographical essay about Jane Austen , with brief critical analysis of major short fiction works.
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LAW, MOLLY
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Corrections Today. Jan/Feb2020, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p22-27. 6p.
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Corrections Today. Jan/Feb2020, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p22-27. 6p.
The article discusses prison educational program provides offenders with the ability to learn, imagine and critique their own lives and behaviors, and evaluate how that will ultimately affect the society in which they will eventually return. It mentions that writer Jane Austen's ability to entertain as well as to educate readers not only on society, but on their own personal lives.
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EDUCATIONAL programs - EDUCATION of prisoners - PRISONERS' reading - AUSTEN, Jane, 1775-1817 - LIFE skillsContent provider:
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The secret of 'Northanger Abbey .'
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Essays in Criticism. January 1997, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p13, 20 p.
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Neill, Edward
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Essays in Criticism. January 1997, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p13, 20 p.
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O'brien, Christopher
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Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal Online. Winter2017, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p16-16. 1p. 3 Charts.
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Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal Online. Winter2017, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p16-16. 1p. 3 Charts.
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Less Sense, More Sensibility: Isabelle de Montolieu's Raison et sensibilite (1815)
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Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal. Annual 2022, Vol. 44 , p158, 13 p.
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Sabor, Peter
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Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal. Annual 2022, Vol. 44 , p158, 13 p.
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RESOURCES: Chronology of Jane Austen's Life.
The article presents a chronology of the life of author Jane Austen. Austen was born o...
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RESOURCES: Chronology of Jane Austen's Life.
Critical Insights: Jane Austen. 2010, p325-328. 3p.
The article presents a chronology of the life of author Jane Austen . Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, England and attended the Abbey School from 1785-1787. From 1793-1797, she wrote her first novel entitled "Lady Susan" and completed "First Impressions" during 1796-1797. From 1811-1814, she published three novels such as "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice" and "Mansfield Park." In December 1815, she published "Emma" and started working on "Persuasion." On July 18, 1817 , she died and was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 - Women authors - Fiction writing - Publishing - Sense & Sensibility (Book : Austen) - Pride & Prejudice (Book : Austen) - Mansfield Park (Book : Austen) - Emma (Book : Austen) - Persuasion (Book : Austen)Content provider:
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Chronology of Jane Austen's Life.
A timeline is presented of significant events that happened during English author Jane...
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Chronology of Jane Austen's Life.
Critical Insights: Pride & Prejudice. 2011, p383-385. 3p.
A timeline is presented of significant events that happened during English author Jane Austen life, such as Austen's birth in 1775 , the publication of the book "Sense and Sensibility" in 1811, and the publication of the book "Mansfield Park" on May 9, 1814.
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The Pleasures of "the World": Rewriting Epistolarity in Burney, Edgeworth, and Austen .
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Eighteenth Century Fiction. Fall2016, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p67-89. 23p.
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King, Rachael Scarborough
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Eighteenth Century Fiction. Fall2016, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p67-89. 23p.
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The Pleasures of "the World": Rewriting Epistolarity in Burney, Edgeworth, and Austen .
Eighteenth Century Fiction. Fall2016, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p67-89. 23p.
This essay revisits the apparent decline of the epistolary novel in the late eighteenth century in order to argue that the change in popularity of the epistolary genre was not political but mediahistorical. Focusing on Frances Burney's Cecilia (1782) and Camilla (1796) and Maria Edgeworth's Belinda (1801)--the three novels that Jane Austen highlights in the "defence of the novel " section of Northanger Abbey (1817 )--I argue that Burney and Edgeworth transitioned away from epistolary narration and towards an authoritative third-person voice in order to distinguish their works from the other entertainment media with which the novel competed in the 1780s and 1790s. Seeing the epistolary genre as a fading trend, they used their works to comment on similarly ephemeral fads such as masquerades, Italian opera, and the pleasure garden. By separating the novel from the world of London media, these authors built a bridge from the anarchic scene of eighteenth-century entertainment to the hierarchical dominance of the Victorian novel . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
