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Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions (ePub eBook)


Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions (ePub eBook)

eBook by Byrne, Sandie;

Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions (ePub eBook)

£44.99

ISBN:
9781137406316
Publication Date:
01 Apr 2014
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Imprint:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
293 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions (ePub eBook)

Description

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

List of Abbreviations A note on the texts Introduction 1. Austen Possessions and Dispossessions 2. Sense and Sensibility Giving and Taking 3. Pride and Prejudice : General Impressions 4. Mansfield Park Benevolence and Gratitude 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 9. The Land and the Big House Conclusion Bibliography Index

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