Jane Austen in 50 Words

Gebundenes Buch

This selection of short, engaging essays examines and explains key terms that Jane Austen repeatedly drew on in her fiction, words which have faded from everyday use today but are vital to understanding her fiction.

Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

Produktdetails
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
Seitenzahl: 218
Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2025
Englisch
Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
Gewicht: 496g
ISBN-13: 9781350528215
ISBN-10: 1350528218
Artikelnr.: 74010705

Herstellerkennzeichnung
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
gpsr@libri.de

Produktdetails

Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
Seitenzahl: 218
Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2025
Englisch
Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
Gewicht: 496g
ISBN-13: 9781350528215
ISBN-10: 1350528218
Artikelnr.: 74010705

Herstellerkennzeichnung
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
gpsr@libri.de

Autorenporträt

Maria Frawley is a Professor of English at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Address (and Air)
Agreeable, agreeableness
Amiable, amiability
Approbation
Character
Civility
Claim
Complaisance
Condescension
Consequence
Constancy
Countenance
Delicacy
Disposition
Ease
Elegance
Enthusiasm
Esteem
Exertion
Fancy
Felicity
Folly
Gentility
Gratitude
Honour
Impertinence
Improvement
Indifference
Indolence
Interest
Intimacy
Liberality
Liveliness
Manner
Natural
Obstinate
Persuasion
Propriety
Prudence
Recommendation
Reproach
Reserve
Sense
Sensibility
Society
Solicitude
Spirit
Understanding
Vanity (and Pride)
Worth
Works Cited
Index

Inhaltsangabe

Rezensionen

This beautifully, authoritatively and accessibly written book is indispensable reading for all Austen fans, students and teachers. Whether you are reading her novels for the first or fiftieth time, Frawley's book will teach you something new about the ethical and social world of Austen's novels.