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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782261803321

Autore

Kirkham Margaret

Titolo

Jane Austen, feminism and fiction [[electronic resource] /] / Margaret Kirkham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ, : Athlone Press, 1997

ISBN

1-281-78353-6

9786611783532

0-567-45336-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

823/.7

Soggetti

Feminism and literature - England - History - 19th century

Women and literature - England - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Feminism and Fiction: 1694-1798; Part Two: The Publication and Reception of Jane Austen's Novels, 1797-1818; Part Three: Allusion, Irony and Feminism in the Austen Novels; Part Four: Feminist Criticism of Society and Literature in the Later Novels; Postscript: Jane Austen and the Critical Tradition; Appendix: The Bath Theatre; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A classic account of Jane Austen in the context of eighteenth century feminist ideas and contemporary thought.