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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Analysing Jane Austen’s Novels
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The Context and the Critics
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About this book
Jane Austen's novels are among the most polished and carefully-crafted works in the English literary heritage. This book takes extracts and examines them in close detail, bringing out the extraordinary richness of irony and implication in Jane Austen's writing. Using the tool of textual analysis, the reader is taught to explore and enjoy the delicate comedy of her narratives, and to inquire into the serious moral purpose that lies behind each of these four novels. This guide does not simplify the study of Jane Austen, but invites the reader to pursue and revel in the ironic subtlety of her methods and thought.
About the author
NICHOLAS MARSH is the author of the popular How to Begin Studying English Literature, now in its second edition, and the Master Guide, The Wife of Bath's Tale. He teaches English at Francis Holland School, Regent's Park, London.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jane Austen: The Novels
Authors: Nicholas Marsh
Series Title: Analysing Texts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26318-9
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Nicholas Marsh 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 288
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Fiction