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  • © 1998

Jane Austen: The Novels

Authors:

  1. Nicholas Marsh
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Part of the book series: Analysing Texts (ANATX)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Analysing Jane Austen’s Novels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Language and Texture

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 3-27

    3. Characterisation

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 28-65

    4. Structure in Jane Austen’s Novels

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 66-93

    5. Society

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 94-129

    6. The Place of Women

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 130-161

    7. The Theme of Change and the Change of Theme

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 162-195

    8. Irony, and the Author

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 196-213

  3. The Context and the Critics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Jane Austen’s Life and Work

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 219-231

    4. A Sample of Critical Views

      • Nicholas Marsh
      Pages 245-270

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 271-276
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About this book

Jane Austen's novels are among the most polished and carefully-crafted works in the English literary heritage. This book takes extracts and examines them in close detail, bringing out the extraordinary richness of irony and implication in Jane Austen's writing. Using the tool of textual analysis, the reader is taught to explore and enjoy the delicate comedy of her narratives, and to inquire into the serious moral purpose that lies behind each of these four novels. This guide does not simplify the study of Jane Austen, but invites the reader to pursue and revel in the ironic subtlety of her methods and thought.
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About the author

NICHOLAS MARSH is the author of the popular How to Begin Studying English Literature, now in its second edition, and the Master Guide, The Wife of Bath's Tale. He teaches English at Francis Holland School, Regent's Park, London.
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