| Description |
xxvii, 191 pages : portraits ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Feminism and Fiction: 1694-1798. 1. Introduction. 2. Mary Astell to Catherine Macaulay: Women, Morals and Education. 3. 'A New Species of Writing'. 4. Sir Charles Grandison. 5. Women as Authors: 1788-98. 6. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. 7. The 'Great Wollstonecraft Scandal' of 1798 -- Pt. 2. The Publication and Reception of Jane Austen's Novels, 1797-1818. 8. The Feminist Controversy and the Received Biography. 9. Residence in Bath. 10. The Curious History of Mrs Ashton Dennis (M.A.D.). 11. Scott's Review of Emma -- Pt. 3. Allusion, Irony and Feminism in the Austen Novels. 12. Comedy and the Austen Heroines: The Early Novels. 13. Sense and Sensibility. 14. Northhanger Abbey. 15. Pride and Prejudice. 16. Kotzebue and Theatrical Allusion in Mansfield Park and Emma -- Pt. 4. Feminist Criticism of Society and Literature in the Later Novels. 17. Mansfield Park. 18. Emma. 19. Persuasion and Sanditon -- Postscript: Jane Austen and the Critical Tradition |
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Appendix. The Bath Theatre |
| Summary |
A classic account of Jane Austen in the context of eighteenth century feminist ideas and contemporary thought |
| Notes |
Includes a new preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-186) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Knowledge -- Theatre
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Political and social views.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
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Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Theater in literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Feminism.
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| LC no. |
97001024 |
| ISBN |
0485121298 (paperback) |
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