A Preface to Jane Austen

Author(s)

• Gillie, Christopher

Bibliographic Information

A Preface to Jane Austen

Christopher Gillie

（Preface books）

Longman, 1985

Rev. ed

• : pbk

Note

"First published 1974. This edition 1985"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 165-168

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An excellent introduction to one of the best known authors in English Literature.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Biographical Background 1 Character and Family Background 2 Religion 3 Mysteries and Uncertainties 4 Juvenilia Part Two: Literary Background 5 Augustan Sense and Sensibility 6 Literary Contemporaries: Isolation and Involvement 7 The Eighteenth-century Novel 8 The Arts and the Social Order 9 Women in Life and Literature Part Three: The Art of Jane Austen 10 Characterization: Heroines and Heroes 11 The Construction of the Novels 12 Emma 13 Jane Austen's Place in English Fiction Part Four: Reference Section Index

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Details

• NCID: BA01520236
• ISBN:
  • 0582354811
• LCCN: 84026160
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 188 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR4036
  • DC19 : 823/.7
  • NDC8 : 930.28
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
  • LCSH : Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00354175