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Understanding Austen
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Author : Maggie Lane
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 2012
Understanding Austen written by Maggie Lane and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with English language categories.
[The author] "turns her attention to the fascinating nuances of Austen's language, and the way it embodies her most profound beliefs about human conduct and character. This book enhances understanding of Austen's moral values through the discussion of key words, investigates changes of meaning, and explains words which may confuse modern readers ... No other author uses abstract nouns as extensively as Jane Austen. Three of her six novels even draw on such words for their titles: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion. Terms like "elegance," "gentility," and "propriety" seem to define her well-ordered, judgemental world. In making the fine moral, psychological, and social discriminations on which her plots depend, Jane Austen draws on the vocabulary of her age, which is both more abstract and more fixed than that of today. But as this study shows, she was capable of subtlety and even ambiguity in her deployment of such key concepts."--Publisher description.
Understanding Austen
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Author : Maggie Lane
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 2013-07-30
Understanding Austen written by Maggie Lane and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
No other author uses abstract nouns as extensively as Jane Austen. Three of her six novels even draw on such words for their titles: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion. Terms like 'elegance', 'gentility' and 'propriety' seem to define her well-ordered, judgemental world. In making the fine moral, psychological and social discriminations on which her plots depend, Jane Austen draws on the vocabulary of her age, which is both more abstract and more fixed than that of today. But as this study shows, she was capable of subtlety and even ambiguity in her deployment of such key concepts. Here, Maggie Lane, acclaimed author of many Jane Austen books, turns her attention to the fascinating nuances of Austen's language and the way it embodies her most profound beliefs about human conduct and character.
Jane Austen
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Author : Bartlett Nora
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Jane Austen written by Bartlett Nora and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
This volume presents an exhilarating and insightful collection of essays on Jane Austen - distilling the author's deep understanding and appreciation of Austen's works across a lifetime. The volume is both intra- and inter-textual in focus, ranging from perceptive analysis of individual scenes to the exploration of motifs across Austen's fiction. Full of astute connections, these lively discussions hinge on the study of human behaviour - from family relationships to sickness and hypochondria - highlighting Austen's artful literary techniques and her powers of human observation. Jane Austen: Reflections of a Reader by (the late) Nora Bartlett is a brilliant contribution to the field of Jane Austen studies, both in its accessible style (which preserves the oral register of the original lectures), and in its foregrounding of the reader in a warm, compelling and incisive conversation about Austen's works. As such, it will appeal widely to all lovers of Jane Austen, whether first-time readers, students or scholars.
The Historical Austen
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Author : William H. Galperin
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-07-17
The Historical Austen written by William H. Galperin and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Jane Austen, arguably the most beloved of all English novelists, has been regarded both as a feminist ahead of her time and as a social conservative whose satiric comedies work to regulate rather than to liberate. Such viewpoints, however, do not take sufficient stock of the historical Austen, whose writings, as William Galperin shows, were more properly oppositional rather than either disciplinary or subversive. Reading the history of her novels' reception through other histories—literary, aesthetic, and social—The Historical Austen is a major reassessment of Jane Austen's achievement as well as a corrective to the historical Austen that abides in literary scholarship. In contrast to interpretations that stress the conservative aspects of the realistic tradition that Austen helped to codify, Galperin takes his lead from Austen's contemporaries, who were struck by her detailed attention to the dynamism of everyday life. Noting how the very act of reading demarcates an horizon of possibility at variance with the imperatives of plot and narrative authority, The Historical Austen sees Austen's development as operating in two registers. Although her writings appear to serve the interests of probability in representing "things as they are," they remain, as her contemporaries dubbed them, histories of the present, where reality and the prospect of change are continually intertwined. In a series of readings of the six completed novels, in addition to the epistolary Lady Susan and the uncompleted Sanditon, Galperin offers startling new interpretations of these texts, demonstrating the extraordinary awareness that Austen maintained not only with respect to her narrative practice—notably, free indirect discourse—but also with attention to the novel's function as a social and political instrument.
Jane Austen Game Theorist
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Author : Michael Suk-Young Chwe
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-23
Jane Austen Game Theorist written by Michael Suk-Young Chwe and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-23 with Political Science categories.
How the works of Jane Austen show that game theory is present in all human behavior Game theory—the study of how people make choices while interacting with others—is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago—over a century before its mathematical development during the Cold War. Jane Austen, Game Theorist shows how this beloved writer theorized choice and preferences, prized strategic thinking, and analyzed why superiors are often strategically clueless about inferiors. Exploring a diverse range of literature and folktales, this book illustrates the wide relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers.
Jane Austen
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Author : Laurence W. Mazzeno
language : en
Publisher: Camden House
Release Date : 2011
Jane Austen written by Laurence W. Mazzeno and has been published by Camden House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Literary Collections categories.
A comprehensive look at the academic criticism of Jane Austen from her time down to the present. Among the most important English novelists, Jane Austen is unusual because she is esteemed not only by academics but by the reading public. Her novels continue to sell well, and films adapted from her works enjoy strong box-officesuccess. The trajectory of Austen criticism is intriguing, especially when one compares it to that of other nineteenth-century English writers. At least partly because she was a woman in the early nineteenth century, she was longneglected by critics, hardly considered a major figure in English literature until well into the twentieth century, a hundred years after her death. Yet consequently she did not suffer from the reaction against Victorianism thatdid so much to hurt the reputation of Dickens, Tennyson, Arnold, and others. How she rose to prominence among academic critics - and has retained her position through the constant shifting of academic and critical trends - is a story worth telling, as it suggests not only something about Austen's artistry but also about how changes in critical perspective can radically alter a writer's reputation. Laurence W. Mazzeno is President Emeritus of Alvernia University, Reading, Pennsylvania.
Finding Austen
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Author : Tylia L. Flores
language : en
Publisher: Tylia Flores
Release Date : 2024-12-16
Finding Austen written by Tylia L. Flores and has been published by Tylia Flores this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-16 with Fiction categories.
Plantation, Florida. The sun-drenched landscape of Austen Rice’s teenage years seems a world away from the anxieties that plague his seventeen-year-old heart. He faces the daunting prospect of high school, burdened not only by the typical teenage uncertainties but also by the unique challenges posed by his cerebral palsy. More than just physical limitations, his disability weighs heavily on his social life, creating a wall between him and the seemingly effortless social grace of his peers. The absence of his mother casts a long shadow, a wound that refuses to heal. Yet, amidst this emotional turmoil, Austen possesses a fierce spirit, fueled by the unwavering love and support of his father. This is a story of contrasts: the vibrant energy of Florida juxtaposed with the quiet internal struggles of a young man finding his place in the world. This story begins with trepidation, with the weight of expectation and the fear of the unknown. Austen enters Plantation High with a guarded heart, bracing himself for the inevitable awkwardness and social rejection. He anticipates the stares, the whispers, the unintentional slights that come with being “different.” But then, unexpectedly, he meets Keyla. Their connection is not a fairytale; it's a gradual unfolding of acceptance, understanding, and shared laughter. It’s a testament to the transformative power of genuine friendship that transcends superficial judgments and embraces individuality. It's a slow burn romance, tender and deeply personal, built on the foundation of mutual respect and unwavering support. This is not a story about overcoming disability; it is a story about overcoming self-doubt, about finding the courage to love and be loved, and about discovering the strength that lies within, waiting to be unleashed. It is a story about embracing imperfections, finding joy in unexpected places, and allowing yourself to be vulnerable enough to embrace the possibility of a love that is both true and transformative. Above all, it is a story that celebrates the power of connection, the resilience of the human spirit, and the possibility of finding belonging, even in the most unexpected of places.
An Understanding Of Jane Austen S Novels
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Author : John Odmark
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1983
An Understanding Of Jane Austen S Novels written by John Odmark and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Legal Interpretation
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Author : Kent Greenawalt
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-11-24
Legal Interpretation written by Kent Greenawalt and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-24 with Law categories.
In Legal Interpretation, Kent Greenawalt focuses on the complex and multi-faceted topic of textual interpretation of the law. All law needs to be interpreted, and there are many ways to do it. But what sorts of questions must one seek to answer in interpreting law and what approach should one take in each case? Whose interpretations should be prioritized? Why would one be drawn to one strategy over another? And should legal interpretation seek to satisfy specific aims or general objectives? In order to provide the answers to these questions, Greenawalt explores the ways in which interpretive strategies from other disciplines--the philosophy of language, literary and musical interpretation, religious interpretation, and general interpretive theory--can augment and enrich methods of legal interpretation. Over the course of the book, he suggests how such forms of interpretation are analogous to legal interpretation--and points to those cases in which interpretation must rest on the distinctive aspects of legal theory, such as is the case with private documents. Furthermore, Greenawalt's meditation suggests that interpretive strategies from other disciplines can shed light on the essential nature of legal interpretation and provide roads by which to account for dissonance between various methods of interpretation. Legal Interpretation is a thought-provoking reflection on the ways that insights from a range of intellectual traditions can deepen our understanding of law, particularly with regard to constitutional law.
After Austen
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Author : Lisa Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-11-11
After Austen written by Lisa Hopkins and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of twelve new essays examines some of what Jane Austen has become in the two hundred years since her death. Some of the chapters explore adaptations or repurposings of her work while others trace her influence on a surprising variety of different kinds of writing, sometimes even when there is no announced or obvious debt to her. In so doing they also inevitably shed light on Austen herself. Austen is often considered romantic and not often considered political, but both those perceptions are challenged her, as is the idea that she is primarily a writer for and about women. Her books are comic and ironic, but they have been reworked and drawn upon in very different genres and styles. Collectively these essays testify to the extraordinary versatility and resonance of Austen’s books.