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Jane Austen and the State of the Nation, 1st ed. 2015
Authors: Craig Sheryl, Eckersley
Language: EnglishSubjects for Jane Austen and the State of the Nation:
Publication date: 08-2015
183 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
183 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
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Jane Austen and the State of the Nation explores Jane Austen's references to politics and to political economics and concludes that Austen was a liberal Tory who remained consistent in her political agenda throughout her career as a novelist. Read with this historical background, Austen's books emerge as state-of-the-nation or political novels.
List of Illustrations
Chronology of Jane Austen and Economics
Introduction
1. The Juvenilia: A Liberal Conservative
2. Sense and Sensibility: Poor Law Reform
3. Pride and Prejudice: The Speenhamland System
4. Northanger Abbey: The Restriction Act
5. Mansfield Park: The Condition of England
6. Emma: William Pitt ' 's Utopia
7. Persuasion: The Post-Waterloo Crash
8. Sanditon: A Political Novel
Bibliography
Index
Chronology of Jane Austen and Economics
Introduction
1. The Juvenilia: A Liberal Conservative
2. Sense and Sensibility: Poor Law Reform
3. Pride and Prejudice: The Speenhamland System
4. Northanger Abbey: The Restriction Act
5. Mansfield Park: The Condition of England
6. Emma: William Pitt ' 's Utopia
7. Persuasion: The Post-Waterloo Crash
8. Sanditon: A Political Novel
Bibliography
Index
Sheryl Craig is an Austen scholar with a PhD in nineteenth-century British literature from the University of Kansas. She has published dozens of articles on Jane Austen and has lectured on Austen at regional, national, and international meetings and conferences.
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