Kathryn E. Davis

Liberty in Jane Austen's Persuasion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents Austen as a novelist who put her distinctive voice and extraordinary imagination to the service of poets and philosophers. The study explores Austen's account of liberty understood as self-governance and suggests interior liberty as the necessary prerequisite for political liberty.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781611462272
• ISBN-10: 1611462274
• Artikelnr.: 45377702

Autorenporträt

Kathryn E. Davis is assistant professor of English at the University of Dallas.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Beginning: Liberty in Jane Austen's Novels
Chapter I: Reading Jane Austen's Readings on Liberty Chapter II: "Though
alive, not at liberty": Counterfeits of Liberty in Persuasion Chapter III:
The Ultimate Dichotomy: "Prudence" and "Romance" Chapter IV: Towards the
Free Movement of the Soul: the Rhetoric of Persuasion Chapter V: The Limits
of Human Liberty Conclusion: England and Everywhere Bibliography Index
About the Author