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Jane Austen and her Country-house Comedy
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- Nombre de pages284
- FormatePub
- ISBN978-3-7364-1932-2
- EAN9783736419322
- Date de parution28/06/2017
- Protection num.Digital Watermarking
- Taille455 Ko
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurAndhof
Résumé
DOMINANT QUALITIES
Jane Austen's abiding freshness-Why she has not more readers-Characteristics of her work-Absence of passion-Balzac, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë-Jane in her home circle-Her tranquil nature-Her unselfishness-Compared with Dorothy Osborne-Prudent heroines-Thoughtless admiration
EQUIPMENT AND METHOD
Literary influences-Jane Austen's defence of novelists-The old essayists-Her favourite authors-Some novels of her time-Criticism of her niece's novel-Sense of her own limitations-Her method-Humour-Familiar names-Some characteristics of style-Suggested emendations-A new "problem" of authorship-A "forbidding" writer-"Commonplace" and "superficial"-Thomas Love Peacock-Sapient suggestions
CONTACT WITH LIFE
Origins of characters-Matchmaking-Second marriages-Negative qualities of the novels-Close knowledge of one class-Dislike of "lionizing"-Madame de Staël-The "lower orders"-Tradesmen-Social position-Quality of Jane's letters-Balls and parties
ETHICS AND OPTIMISM
Dr.
Whately on Jane Austen-"Moral lessons" of her novels-Charge of "Indelicacy"-Marriage as a profession-A "problem" novel-"The Nostalgia of the Infinite"-The "whitewashing" of Willoughby-Lady Susan condemned by its author-The Watsons-Change in manners-No "heroes"-Woman's love-The Prince Regent-The Quarterly Review THE IMPARTIAL SATIRIST What has woman done?-"Nature's Salic law"-Women deficient in satire-Some types in the novels-The female snob-The valetudinarian-The fop-The too agreeable man-"Personal size and mental sorrow"-Knightley's opinion of Emma-Ashamed of relations-Mrs.
Bennet-The clergy and their opinions-Worldly life-Absence of dogma-Authors confused with their creations PERSONAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL The novelist and her characters-Her sense of their reality-Accessories rarely described-Her ideas on dress-Her own millinery and gowns-Thin clothes and consumption-Domestic economy-Jane as housekeeper-"A very clever essay"-Mr.
Whately on Jane Austen-"Moral lessons" of her novels-Charge of "Indelicacy"-Marriage as a profession-A "problem" novel-"The Nostalgia of the Infinite"-The "whitewashing" of Willoughby-Lady Susan condemned by its author-The Watsons-Change in manners-No "heroes"-Woman's love-The Prince Regent-The Quarterly Review THE IMPARTIAL SATIRIST What has woman done?-"Nature's Salic law"-Women deficient in satire-Some types in the novels-The female snob-The valetudinarian-The fop-The too agreeable man-"Personal size and mental sorrow"-Knightley's opinion of Emma-Ashamed of relations-Mrs.
Bennet-The clergy and their opinions-Worldly life-Absence of dogma-Authors confused with their creations PERSONAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL The novelist and her characters-Her sense of their reality-Accessories rarely described-Her ideas on dress-Her own millinery and gowns-Thin clothes and consumption-Domestic economy-Jane as housekeeper-"A very clever essay"-Mr.
