Frank W. Bradbrook

Jane Austen and Her Predecessors

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a study of influences on Jane Austen's art and views of life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780521148252
• ISBN-10: 0521148251
• Artikelnr.: 31187853

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The General Literary Tradition: 1. Periodicals
2. Moralists in prose
3. The picturesque
4. Drama and poetry
Part II. The Tradition in the Novel: 5. The beginnings
6. The feminist tradition
7. Other influences
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Books for young ladies
Appendix 2. Lady Sara Pennington's An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to Her Absent Daughters
Appendix 3. Mrs Jane West's Letters to a Young Lady
Appendix 4. William Gilpin: An Essay upon Prints
Bibliography
Index.