Jane Austen's civilized women : morality, gender and the civilizing process / by Enit Karafili Steiner.
"Jane Austen's six complete novels and her juvenilia are examined in the context of civil society and gender. Steiner's study uses a variety of contexts to appraise Austen's work: Scottish Enlightenment theories of societal development, early-Romantic discourses on gender roles, modern sociological...
Uniform Title: | Gender and genre ;
no. 9. |
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Main Author: | |
Language: | English |
Published: |
London ; Brookfield, Vt. :
Pickering & Chatto,
2012.
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Series: | Gender and genre ;
no. 9. |
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Physical Description: | vii, 228 pages ; 24 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"Jane Austen's six complete novels and her juvenilia are examined in the context of civil society and gender. Steiner's study uses a variety of contexts to appraise Austen's work: Scottish Enlightenment theories of societal development, early-Romantic discourses on gender roles, modern sociological theories on the civilizing process, and postmodern feminist positions on moral development and interpersonal relations. Austen is presented as a writer who not only participated in late eighteenth-century debates, but who is able to address twenty-first century concerns of a theoretical and practical nature"--Publisher description. |
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Call Number: | PR4037 .S74 2012 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781848931770 (hbk.) 1848931778 (hbk.) |