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Jane Austen (/ ˈ ɒ s t ɪ n, ˈ ɔː s t ɪ n / OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for ...
Austen's novels can easily be situated within the 18th-century novel tradition. Austen, like the rest of her family, was a great novel reader. Her letters contain many allusions to contemporary fiction, often to such small details as to show that she was thoroughly familiar with what she read. Austen read and reread novels, even minor ones. [48]
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Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (1811) is most often seen as a "witty satire of the sentimental novel", [9] [full citation needed] by juxtaposing values of the Age of Enlightenment (sense, reason) with those of the later eighteenth century (sensibility, feeling) while exploring the larger realities of women's lives, especially through ...
"Mr. Malcolm's List" is not, technically, by Jane Austen, but it is Austenesque through and through.
In 2011, academic Amy Elizabeth Smith takes a year on sabbatical from her role in the Writing and Literature department of the University of the Pacific. [1] Though her Spanish language knowledge is limited, she visits six countries in Latin America to hold book club discussions on three books by Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816). [2]
Essays on The Social Function Of Literature; Conrad's "Secret Agent" (Casebook) Conrad in the Nineteenth Century; Conrad: Nostromo [Landmarks of World Literature] Jane Austen, ed. (20th Century Views) The Victorian Novel: Modern Essays in Criticism, ed. The humanities on the River Kwai (The Grace A. Tanner Lecture in human values)
Another issue concerning adaptations of Austen is that of gender, especially the portrayal of women. Some critics, such as Devoney Looser, have argued that by portraying strong women who are intelligent and socially adept and by emphasising the theme of sisterhood both literally between sisters and metaphorically between female friends, the Austen films become feminist films. [10]