Jane Austen and representations of Regency England / Roger Sales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sales, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Knowledge--Social life and customs.

Literature and society--England--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Regency--England.

Regency.

England--Social life and customs--19th century.

England.

England--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Reg

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 greenhouseAppendix: The plot of Lovers' Vows; Afterword: Austenmania; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Paperback edition published in 1996"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-270) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-83835-2

1-134-83836-0

1-280-32038-9

0-203-42745-9

9780203427453

OCLC:

437078846