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Sales Roger |
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Titolo |
Jane Austen and representations of Regency England / / Roger Sales |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996 |
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1-134-83835-2 |
1-134-83836-0 |
1-280-32038-9 |
0-203-42745-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature and society - England - History - 19th century |
Regency - England |
England Social life and customs 19th century |
England In literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Paperback edition published in 1996"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-270) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Textual note; Introduction; Part I. The Regency reproduced; 1. Rewriting the Regency; Part II. The Regency rediscovered; 2. The letters: Keeping and losing her countenance; 3. The Prince, the dandy and the Crisis; Part III. The political condition of Regency England; 4. Mansfield Park: The Regency Crisis and the theatre; Part IV. The sick society: Leisure and invalidism in the later writings; 5. Emma: The village and the watering place; 6. Persuasion: The war and the peace |
7. Sanditon: The madhouse and the greenhouseAppendix: The plot of Lovers' Vows; Afterword: Austenmania; Notes; Select bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England, Roger Sales looks at Jane Austen's entire oeuve, and views her historically as a Regency writer voicing concerns on the condition of England. Examining Austen's literary works; her letters - in the context of those of other Regency women; as well as contemporary texts such as television adaptations of her work, Jane Austen and Representations of |
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