“Jane Austen’s Families” focuses on family dynamics in Jane Austen’s six novels. After a general introduction, which places its approach in the context of ethical criticism, it divides into two sections. The first, “Family Dynamics, ” consists of three chapters – “The Function of the Dysfunctional Family, ” “Spoilt Children” and “Usefulness and Exertion.” The three chapters of section two, “Fathers and Daughters, ” look at father–daughter relationships in “Mansfield Park, ” “Emma” and “Persuasion.”
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements; References and Abbreviations; General Introduction; PART I: FAMILY DYNAMICS: Introduction; Chapter One: The Functions of the Dysfunctional Family: “Northanger Abbey, ” “Sense and Sensibility, ” “Pride and Prejudice”; Chapter Two: Spoilt Children: “Pride and Prejudice, ” “Mansfield Park” and “Emma”; Chapter Three: “Usefulness and Exertion”: Mothers and Sisters in “Sense and Sensibility, ” “Mansfield Park, ” “Emma” and “Persuasion”; PART II: FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS: Introduction; Chapter Four: Money, Morals and “Mansfield Park”; Chapter Five: Speech and Silence in “Emma”; Chapter Six: Dandies and Beauties: The Issue of Good Looks in “Persuasion”; Conclusion: “Creative Attention”; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
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June Sturrock is professor emeritus of English at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
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