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Jane Austen and Narrative Authority

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Tara Ghoshal Wallace

    1. Department of English, George Washington University, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Lady Susan’s Progeny

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    Pages 1-16

  3. Northanger Abbey and the Limits of Parody

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    Pages 17-30

  4. Sense and Sensibility and Feminine Authority

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    Pages 31-44

  5. Getting the Whole Truth in Pride and Prejudice

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    Pages 45-58

  6. The Family Plot of Mansfield Park

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    Pages 59-75

  7. Emma and the Inept Reader

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    Pages 77-97

  8. Straight Talk in Persuasion

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    Pages 99-116

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 117-155
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In Jane Austen and Narrative Authority, Tara Ghoshal Wallace argues that far from embodying ideological and technical serenity, Austen's novels articulate a range of anxieties about authorship and authority. The novels experiment in different ways with possible sources and the ultimate failures of authority, always returning to the compromised figure of the narrator. Wallace suggests that Austen's novelistic output can be read as a theory of interpretation, thematizing problems of narrative authority and readers' resistance.

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  • Department of English, George Washington University, USA

    Tara Ghoshal Wallace

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