Jocelyn Harris

Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen

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Produktbeschreibung

In Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen, exciting new discoveries reveal Austen's opinions on the state of the nation, Captain Cook's death, and women's right to comment on politics, including the slave-trade, while allusions to celebrities demonstrate her worldliness, fascination with politics, and relish of rumor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bucknell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781611488449
• ISBN-10: 1611488443
• Artikelnr.: 52641850

Autorenporträt

By Jocelyn Harris

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: "Ungossiping authority": Fanny Burney
Cassandra Cooke
and Jane Austen Chapter 2: "He swore and he drank": Lieutenant Price and Lieutenant Phillips Chapter 3: "Everybody is cross and teasing": The Mansfield Theatricals Chapter 4: "Censure in common use": Women
Satire
and Politics Chapter 5: "Carried home
dead drunk": Satires on the Royal Family Chapter 6: "Hair so untidy
so blowsy!" Elizabeth Bennet
Dorothy Jordan
and the Duke of Clarence Chapter 7: "Half Mulatto
chilly & tender": Sanditon
the Duke of Clarence
and Sara Baartman
the "Hottentot Venus" Conclusion Jane Austen's Belated Celebrity Appendix A: Mr. Joseph Nutting
Army Button Maker of Covent-Garden Appendix B: The Woman of Colour and "Wowski" Appendix C: Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Bibliography Index About the Author