Eighteenth Century Influences on Jane Austen's Early Fiction [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya Q.

Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya Q., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gothic revival (Literature)--Influence--18th century--England.

Gothic revival (Literature).

Women and literature--England--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Women and literature--History--England.

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

Austen, Jane.

Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823--Influence.

Radcliffe, Ann.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This scholarly text, suitable for graduates and undergraduates alike, examines how the Gothic writing of Ann Radcliffe and the eighteenth-century novels of Fanny Barney helped to shape and hone Jane Austen's own eighteenth century literary endeavors. It specifically focuses on Austen's early works Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, and Sense and Sensibility, all of which were conceived and shaped during the last decade of the 1700's. This study closely follows the manner in which Austen eschewed the popular epistolary genre in favour of the novel-form, how she mastered the parodic-Gothic form, and

Contents:

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY INFLUENCES ON JANE AUSTEN'S EARLY FICTION; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Post-modern students and classic literature; Austen and her eighteenth-century literary precursors; Evelina and The Romance of the Forest; The necessary, yet often tedious, importance of being a heroine; The narrative importance of the epistolary form; Section I.; The Emotional Damsel's Esoteric Dreamscape in Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest; Eighteenth-Century Heroines: Gothic, Mock-Gothic, and Other

Austen's views on the Gothic, as contrasted with Radcliffe sentimentsAdeline's adventures and certain Shakespearean elements; Adeline's Psychic Dreams; The Faivrian esoteric paradigm as applied to Adeline's dreams; Conclusion; Section II.; Jane Austen's Eighteenth-Century Heroines: Comparisons, Contrasts, and Clarifications in Sense and Sensibility; Sense and Sensibility: plot, and narrative significance; Marianne Dashwood - passionate and eccentric; Elinor Dashwood - whose price is above rubies; Conclusion; Section III.

Parodic Gothic and Comic Evil: Austen's Eighteenth-Century Attempts at Satirical HumourNorthanger Abbey and Lady Susan - Plot machinations and thematic significance; Eighteenth-century thematics as reflected in the protagonists of Northanger Abbey and Lady Susan; Conclusion: More major, general contrasting aspects of character in Austen's main eighteenth-century works; Conclusion; Honoring Austen's numerous predecessors; The talented Mrs. Radcliffe; The equally talented Madame D'Arblay and the Great Jane; Bibliography; Index

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ISBN:

0-7734-1753-2

OCLC:

826685372