Jane Austen: A Very Short Introduction

Jane Austen: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN 13:
9780198725954
- ISBN 10:
0198725957
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 04/27/2022
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
This Very Short introduction explores the major themes of Austen criticism through close analysis of her major and minor works, with particular emphasis on the literary, social, and political backgrounds from which the novels emerge, and with which they engage. Thomas Keymer combines critical introductions to each of Austen's six major novels with an exploration of the key themes in her works, from national identity to narrative technique. The Austen who emerges is a writer shaped by the literary experiments and socio-political debates of the revolution decade, drawn in her maturity to a fundamentally conservative vision of social harmony, yet forever complicating this vision through the disruptive ironies and satirical energies of her prose.
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