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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300042503321

Autore

Baublyté Kaufmann Ruta

Titolo

The Architecture of Space-Time in the Novels of Jane Austen / / by Ruta Baublyté Kaufmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319900117

3319900110

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 pages)

Disciplina

823.7

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 18th century

Literature, Modern - 20th century

European literature

Eighteenth-Century Literature

Twentieth-Century Literature

European Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Changing seasons: the cyclical and the linear -- 3. Changing homes: transformations in space and time -- 4. Spatiotemporal movements and psychological change: walking and dancing -- 5. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that there are recurrent spatiotemporal patterns and structures in six Jane Austen novels which constitute a source of enduring, if unconscious, pleasure. More precisely, the book contends that there are overlapping natural and cultural cycles which co-exist in a constantly transmuting space-time and which are counterpointed with the linearity of pivotal events that drive the plot forwards. This work examines the psychological relations to these space-time patterns of the characters, principally the heroines, focusing on the transformations of their emotional states which prompt linear leaps.