Jane Austen and the romantic poets /

This elegant and thoughtful work offers an important new way of understanding Jane Austen by defining the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on her later novels. In comparing the earlier and later phases of Austen's career, Deresiewicz addresses an important yet neglected i...

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Main Author: Deresiewicz, William, 1964- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press ©2004.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/dere13414
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Summary:This elegant and thoughtful work offers an important new way of understanding Jane Austen by defining the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on her later novels. In comparing the earlier and later phases of Austen's career, Deresiewicz addresses an important yet neglected issue regarding her work: the longstanding critical consensus that Austen's last three novels (Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion) represent far greater artistic achievements than do her first three (Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice). Jane Austen and the Roman.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 211 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
ISBN:0231508700
9780231508704
9780231134149
0231134142