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Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf and Worldly Realism / Pam Morris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Pam, 1940- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Criticism and interpretation.
- Austen, Jane.
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
- Woolf, Virginia.
- Realism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh University Press 2017
- Edinburgh, UK : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using close readings from Sense and Sensibility, Mrs Dalloway, Emma, The Waves, Persuasion and The Years, this book demonstrates the materialist sensibilities of Austen and Woolf.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Worldly realism
- Part I: Systems and things
- Sense and sensibility: wishing is believing
- Mrs.Dalloway: the spirit of religion was abroad
- Part II: Nation and universe
- Emma: a prospect of England
- The waves: blasphemy of laughter and criticism
- Part III: Guns and plumbing
- Persuasion: fellow creatures
- The years: moment of transition
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2022)
- ISBN:
- 9781474419154
- 1474419151
- 9781474419147
- 1474419143
- 9781474423533
- 1474423531
- OCLC:
- 1111384730
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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