Matters of Fact in Jane Austen

Matters of Fact in Jane Austen
Author: Janine Barchas
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2012-07-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1421407310

Discover the links between characters in Jane Austen novels and real-life celebrities of the time. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL In Matters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity, Janine Barchas makes the bold assertion that Jane Austen’s novels allude to actual high-profile politicians and contemporary celebrities as well as to famous historical figures and landed estates. Barchas is the first scholar to conduct extensive research into the names and locations in Austen’s fiction by taking full advantage of the explosion of archival materials now available online. According to Barchas, Austen plays confidently with the tension between truth and invention that characterizes the realist novel. Of course, the argument that Austen deployed famous names presupposes an active celebrity culture during the Regency, a phenomenon recently accepted by scholars. The names Austen plucks from history for her protagonists (Dashwood, Wentworth, Woodhouse, Tilney, Fitzwilliam, and many more) were immensely famous in her day. She seems to bank upon this familiarity for interpretive effect, often upending associations with comic intent. Barchas re-situates Austen’s work closer to the historical novels of her contemporary Sir Walter Scott and away from the domestic and biographical perspectives that until recently have dominated Austen studies. This forward-thinking and revealing investigation offers scholars and ardent fans of Jane Austen a wealth of historical facts, while shedding an interpretive light on a new aspect of the beloved writer's work.

History of Women, Guide to the Microfilm Collection

History of Women, Guide to the Microfilm Collection
Author: Research Publications, inc
Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1983
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780892350407

Pre-1920 literature about the roles of women. Includes pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and photographs.

Mighty Lewd Books

Mighty Lewd Books
Author: J. Peakman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003-06-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230512577

Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography. Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality.

Catalogue[s]

Catalogue[s]
Author: Sawyer, Chas. J., Ltd., London
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1940
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ISBN: