Jane Austen and representations of Regency England
1994, 1st edition. London : Routledge. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #421492
ISBN: 0415109205
Physical description: xxii, 283 pages, 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-270) and index. Contents: Cover -- Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Textual note -- Introduction -- Part I The Regency reproduced -- 1 Rewriting the Regency -- Part II The Regency rediscovered -- 2 The letters: Keeping and losing her countenance -- 3 The Prince, the dandy and the Crisis -- Part III The political condition of Regency England -- 4 Mansfield Park : The Regency Crisis and the theatre -- Part IV The sick society: Leisure and invalidism in the later writings -- 5 Emma : The village and the watering place -- 6 Persuasion : The war and the peace -- 7 Sanditon : The madhouse and the greenhouse -- Appendix: -- The plot of Lovers' Vows -- Afterword: -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Austen, Jane 1775-1817 Knowledge Social life and customs; Criticism and interpretation; Knowledge Manners and customs; Political and social views; England In literature; English fiction.
Price: €125.00