Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England

by Sales, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780203427453
• ISBN10: 0203427459
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Roger Sales reconstructs the breadth of Austen's writing, including her correspondence and modern adaptations of her work. In an accessible study, he views her historically as a Regency writer voicing concerns on the condition of England.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Textual note
Introduction
The Regency reproduced
Rewriting the Regency	p. 3
The Regency rediscovered
The letters: Keeping and losing her countenance	p. 31
The Prince, the dandy and the Crisis	p. 56
The political condition of Regency England
Mansfield Park: The Regency Crisis and the theatre	p. 87
The sick society: Leisure and invalidism in the later writings
Emma: The village and the watering place	p. 135
Persuasion: The war and the peace	p. 171
Sanditon: The madhouse and the greenhouse	p. 200
Appendix: The plot of Lovers' Vows	p. 222
Notes	p. 227
Select bibliography	p. 255
Index	p. 258
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