Jane Austen and children / David Selwyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selwyn, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Austen, Jane.

Children in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jane Austen is not usually associated with children - especially since she had none of her own. But there are in fact more children in her novels than one might at first think. She herself was from a sizeable family, with numerous nephews and nieces. She was, by all accounts, good with children and popular with them. It was therefore natural for her to include them in her novels, even if sometimes offstage. This book, by one of the world's leading authorities on Austen, looks at both the real and the literary children in her life - children seen and unseen (and dead); children as models of beh

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Confinement; 2 Birth; 3 Infancy; 4 Childhood; 5 Parents; 6 The child in the family; 7 Reading and writing; 8 Education; 9 Maturity; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-82161-X

9786612821615

0-8264-2518-6

OCLC:

670412151