Jane Austen and Her Country-house Comedy

Jane Austen and Her Country-house Comedy

"I concluded, however unaccountable the assertion might appear at first sight, that good-nature was an essential quality in a satirist, and that all the sentiments which are beautiful in this way of writing, must proceed from that quality in the author. Good-nature produces a disdain of all baseness, vice, and folly; which prompts them to express themselves with smartness against the errors of men, without bitterness towards their persons."STEELE, Tatler, No. 242. Literary influencesJane Austen's defence of novelistsThe old essayistsHer favourite authorsSome novels of her timeCriticism of her niece's novelSense of her own limitationsHer methodHumourFamiliar namesSome characteristics of styleSuggested emendationsA new "problem" of authorshipA "forbidding" writer"Commonplace" and "superficial"Thomas Love PeacockSapient suggestions What has woman done?"Nature's Salic law"Women deficient in satireSome types in the novelsThe female snobThe valetudinarianThe fopThe too agreeable man"Personal size and mental sorrow"Knightley's opinion of EmmaAshamed of relationsMrs. BennetThe clergy and their opinionsWorldly lifeAbsence of dogmaAuthors confused with their creations The year 1775, which deprived England of her American colonies, was generous to English art and literature. Had it only produced Walter Savage Landor, or even no better worthy than James Smith of the Rejected Addresses, it would not have done badly. But these were its added bounties. Its greater gifts were Turner, Charles Lamb and Jane Austen. Could we be offered the choice of re-possessing the United States, or losing the very memory of these three, which alternative would we choose? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 54569
Author: Helm, W. H. (William Henry)
Release Date: Apr 18, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English