Jane Austen and the Arts

Edited by Natasha Duquette and Elisabeth Lenckos - Contributions by Jessica Brown; Diane N. Capitani; Christine Colón; Alice Davenport; Deborah Kennedy; Kathryn L. Libin; Kelly McDonald; Belisa Monteiro; Jeffrey Nigro; J. Russell Perkin; Erin J. Smith; Vi

This bookpresents Jane Austen as a self-conscious artist, a woman keenly aware that literature and aesthetics were to play an important role in the education and development of British society. Contributors reveal Austen's connection with the sister arts and place her squarely in the context of English and European theories of writing.

ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface: Jane Austen's Critique of Aesthetic Judgment by Vivasvan SoniIntroduction by Natasha Duquette and Elisabeth LenckosI. The Fine Arts in Austen's World: Music, Dance, and Portraiture"Daily Practice, Musical Accomplishment, and the Example of Jane Austen"Kathryn LibinChapter 2 - "A 'Reputation for Accomplishment': Marianne Dashwood and Emma Woodhouse as Artistic Performers" by Kelly McDonaldChapter 3 - "Miss Bingley's Walk: The Aesthetics of Movement in Pride and Prejudice" by Erin SmithChapter 4 - "The Sister Artist: Cassandra Austen's Portraits of Jane Austen in Art-Historical Context" by Jeffrey NigroII. Austen and Romanticism: Female Genius, Gothicism, and SublimityChapter 5 - "Portrait of a Lady (Artist): Jane Austen's Anne Elliot, Madame de Staël's Corrine, and the Woman of Genius Novel" by Elisabeth LenckosChapter 6 - "Jane Austen's Comic Heroines and the Controversial Pleasures of Wit" by Belisa MonteiroChapter 7 - "An Adaptable Aesthetic: Eighteenth-Century Landscapes, Ann Radcliffe, and Jane Austen" by Alice DavenportChapter 8 - "Exploring the Transformative Power of Literature: Joanna Baillie, Jane Austen and the Aesthetics of Moral Reform" by Christine ColónChapter 9 - "Jane Austen's Influence on Stephenie Meyer" by Deborah KennedyIII. Austen in Political, Social, and Theological ContextChapter 10 - "Aesthetics, Politics, and the Interpretation of Mansfield Park" by Russell PerkinChapter 11 - "Reflections on Mirrors: Austen, Rousseau, and Socio-Politics" by Melora VandersluisChapter 12 - "'So much novelty and beauty!': Spacious Reception through an Aesthetic of Restraint in Persuasion" by Jessica BrownChapter 13 -"Augustinian Aesthetics in Jane Austen's World: God as Artist" by Diane CapitaniChapter 14 -"'Delicacy of Taste' Redeemed: The Aesthetic Judgments of Austen's Clergymen Heroes" by Fred and Natasha Duquette