02264nam 2200553Ia 450 991045352700332120200520144314.01-281-78350-197866117835011-84714-052-1(CKB)1000000000541587(EBL)436541(OCoLC)271475547(SSID)ssj0000233049(PQKBManifestationID)11206479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233049(PQKBWorkID)10220107(PQKB)10365345(MiAaPQ)EBC436541(Au-PeEL)EBL436541(CaPaEBR)ebr10250654(CaONFJC)MIL178350(OCoLC)893334252(EXLCZ)99100000000054158719960405d1975 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA reading of Jane Austen[electronic resource] /Barbara HardyLondon Owen19751 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-485-12032-1 Contents; I: The Flexible Medium; II: The Feelings and the Passions; III: The Storytellers 1: Continuity, Climax and Conclusion; IV: The Storytellers 2: Imagination and Memory; V: Social Groups; VI: Properties and Possessions; VII: A Sense of the AuthorA Reading of Jane Austen (first published by Peter Owen in 1975) has established itself with critics and readers as an outstanding contribution to the growing literature on this author, full of fresh and stimulating perceptions. Central to the word is Barbara Hardy's view of Jane Austen as the originator of the modern novel, largely through her creation of a new and flexible medium enabling her to move easily from sympathy to detachment, from one mind to many minds, from solitary scenes to social gatherings.English literatureElectronic books.English literature.823.7Hardy Barbara Nathan165572MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453527003321Reading of Jane Austen1670350UNINA