1st Edition

Jane Austen and the State (RLE Jane Austen)

By Mary Evans Copyright 1987
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

Jane Austen is often associated with conservatism and her novels are often seen as light entertainment depicting a vanished world and its manners. Mary Evan's study, first published in 1987, seeks to contradict the conventional wisdom regarding Austen's social and political leanings and argues that far from endorsing established and conservative views Jane Austen advances a... Read more
1. The World of Jane Austen  2. Property Relations  3. Questioning the Patriarchal Order  4. Women, Men and the State

Biography

Mary Evans