Satire, celebrity, and politics in Jane Austen / Jocelyn Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Jocelyn, author.

Series:

Transits (Bucknell University)

Transits

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Criticism and interpretation.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Political and social views.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Political and social views.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxi, 349 pages, plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]

Contents:

1 "Ungossiping Authority": Fanny Burney, Cassandra Cooke, and Jane Austen 1

2 "He Swore and He Drank, He Was Dirty and Gross": Lieutenant Price and Lieutenant Phillips 71

3 "Everybody Is Cross and Teasing": The Mansfield Theatricals 101

4 "Censure in Common Use": Women, Politics, and Satire 143

5 "Carried Home, Dead Drunk": Satires on the Royal Family 161

6 "Hair So Untidy, So Blowsy!": Elizabeth Bennet, Dorothy Jordan, and the Duke of Clarence 213

7 "Half Mulatto, Chilly and Tender": Sanditon, the Duke of Clarence, and Sara Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus" 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Harris, Jocelyn author. Satire, celebrity, and politics in Jane Austen

ISBN:

9781611488395

1611488397

OCLC:

979566981