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Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions : The Significance of Objects / by Sandie Byrne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byrne, Sandie, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature.
- Sex.
- Fiction.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Literature, Modern--19th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- European Literature.
- Gender Studies.
- Fiction Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Nineteenth-Century Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- European Literature.
- Gender Studies.
- Fiction Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Nineteenth-Century Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Who owns, who buys, who gives, and who notices objects is always significant in Austen's writing, placing characters socially and characterizing them symbolically. Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions looks at the significance of objects in Austen's major novels, fragments, and juvenilia.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Note on the Texts; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Austen Possessions and Dispossessions; 2 Sense and Sensibility: Giving and Taking; 3 Pride and Prejudice: General Impressions; 4 Mansfield Park: Everything has its Price; 5 Emma: The Obliged and the Obligated; 6 Persuasion: Loss and Retrieval; 7 Northanger Abbey: Signs Taken for Wonders; 8 The Early Writing and Fragments; Juvenilia; Lady Susan; The Watsons; Sanditon; 9 The Land and the Big House; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137406316
- 1137406313
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