Jane Austen Among Women

Jane Austen Among Women
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 0801849705
ISBN-13 : 9780801849701
Rating : 4/5 (701 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Jane Austen Among Women by : Deborah Kaplan

Download or read book Jane Austen Among Women written by Deborah Kaplan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1992. In an age when genteel women wrote little more than personal letters, how did Jane Austen manage to become a novelist? Was she an isolated genius who rose to fame through sheer talent? Did she draw strength from the support of her family or from women writers who went before her? In Jane Austen among Women, Deborah Kaplan argues that these explanations are either misleading or insufficient. Austen, Kaplan contends, participated actively in a women's culture that promoted female authority and achievement—a culture that not only helped her become a novelist but also influenced her fiction.


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