Jane Austen And The Writers On Womens Education
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Author | : Barbara J. Horwitz |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Education |
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This fascinating work illustrates how Jane Austen's novels treat questions raised by 18th and 19th century thinkers and writers concerning women's education. It points out that just as Jane Austen's novels are aesthetically superior to those of her didactic contemporaries, her thinking is far less doctrinaire than theirs. This study will increase every reader's enjoyment of the novels by illuminating their humor and it will also indicate why Austen must be considered a feminist. Those interested in British Romantics, Women's Studies, and the History of Education will find this book particularly valuable.
Author | : Barbara Joan Horowitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Women |
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Author | : Barbara Jane Horwitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Education in literature |
ISBN | : 9780820408514 |
Author | : Margaret Kirkham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Feminism and literature |
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Author | : William Deresiewicz |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2011-04-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1101514175 |
An eloquent memoir of a young man's life transformed by literature. In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily married man, Deresiewicz's A Jane Austen Education is the story of one man's discovery of the world outside himself. A self-styled intellectual rebel dedicated to writers such as James Joyce and Joseph Conrad, Deresiewicz never thought Austen's novels would have anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read Emma as a graduate student at Columbia, something extraordinary happened. Austen's devotion to the everyday, and her belief in the value of ordinary lives, ignited something in Deresiewicz. He began viewing the world through Austen's eyes and treating those around him as generously as Austen treated her characters. Along the way, Deresiewicz was amazed to discover that the people in his life developed the depth and richness of literary characters-that his own life had suddenly acquired all the fascination of a novel. His real education had finally begun. Weaving his own story-and Austen's-around the ones her novels tell, Deresiewicz shows how her books are both about education and themselves an education. Her heroines learn about friendship and feeling, staying young and being good, and, of course, love. As they grow up, they learn lessons that are imparted to Austen's reader, who learns and grows by their sides. A Jane Austen Education is a testament to the transformative power of literature, a celebration of Austen's mastery, and a joy to read. Whether for a newcomer to Austen or a lifelong devotee, Deresiewicz brings fresh insights to the novelist and her beloved works. Ultimately, Austen's world becomes indelibly entwined with our own, showing the relevance of her message and the triumph of her vision.
Author | : George Gissing |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2021-05-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1770488286 |
George Gissing’s The Odd Women dramatizes key issues relating to class and gender in late-Victorian culture: the changing relationship between the sexes, the social impact of ‘odd’ or ‘redundant’ women, the cultural impact of ‘the new woman,’ and the opportunities for and conditions of employment in the expanding service sector of the economy. At the heart of these issues as many late Victorians saw them was a problem of the imbalance in the ratio of men to women in the population. There were more females than males, which meant that more and more women would be left unmarried; they would be ‘odd’ or ‘redundant,’ and would be forced to be independent and to find work to support themselves. In the Broadview edition, Gissing’s text is carefully annotated and accompanied by a range of documents from the period that help to lay out the context in which the book was written. In Gissing’s story, Virginia Madden and her two sisters are confronted upon the death of their father with sudden impoverishment. Without training for employment, and desperate to maintain middle-class respectability, they face a daunting struggle. In Rhoda Nunn, a strong feminist, Gissing also presents a strong character who draws attention overtly to the issues behind the novel. The Odd Women is one of the most important social novels of the late nineteenth century.
Author | : Rachel M. Brownstein |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0231153902 |
Rachel M. Brownstein considers Jane Austen as heroine, moralist, satirist, romantic, woman, and author, along with the changing notions of these categories over time and texts. She finds echoes of many of Austen's insights and techniques in contemporary Jane-o-mania, a commercially driven, erotically charged popular vogue that aims to preserve and liberate, correct and collaborate with old Jane.
Author | : Jasmine A. Stirling |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2021-03-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1547601124 |
For fans of I Dissent and She Persisted -- and Jane Austen fans of all ages -- a picture book biography about the beloved and enduring writer and how she found her unique voice. Witty and mischievous Jane Austen grew up in a house overflowing with words. As a young girl, she delighted in making her family laugh with tales that poked fun at the popular novels of her time, stories that featured fragile ladies and ridiculous plots. Before long, Jane was writing her own stories-uproariously funny ones, using all the details of her life in a country village as inspiration. In times of joy, Jane's words burst from her pen. But after facing sorrow and loss, she wondered if she'd ever write again. Jane realized her writing would not be truly her own until she found her unique voice. She didn't know it then, but that voice would go on to capture readers' hearts and minds for generations to come.
Author | : John Gregory |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1774 |
Genre | : Christian education |
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Author | : Joanna Russ |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1983-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780292724457 |
Discusses the obstacles women have had to overcome in order to become writers, and identifies the sexist rationalizations used to trivialize their contributions