Jane Austen the Novelist

In these informed and entertaining essays, Juliet McMaster's recurring concern is with the interpenetration of intelligence with emotion among Jane Austen's characters. The author, a leading Jane Austen scholar, begins with an exploration of Austen's burgeoning popularity in our culture, though close studies of lesser-well known works such as 'Love and Friendship' and 'The Watsons', and familiar texts such as 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma', moving on to a wide-ranging exploration through all the novels, of the operation of love and the articulation of desire.

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JULIET MCMASTER

Zusammenfassung
In these essays, McMaster's recurring concern is with the interpenetration of intelligence with emotion among Austen's characters. The book explores Austen's popularity in our culture and then moves on to an examination of all the novels, of the operation of love and the articulation of desire.

Inhalt
Texts and Abbreviations - Preface - Acknowledgements - Jane Austen as a Cultural Phenomenon - Teaching 'Love and Friendship' - 'The Beautiful Cassandra' Illustrated - Hospitality - 'God Gave Us Our Relations': The Watson Family - 'Acting by Design' in Pride and Prejudice - The Secret Languages of Emma - Love in Jane Austen's Novels - The Symptons of Love - Surface and Subsurface - Love and Pedagogy - Women in Love - Index