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Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen
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Artikel-Nr:
9781611488449
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.05.2018
Seiten:
388
Autor:
Jocelyn Harris
Gewicht:
590 g
Format:
226x152x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
By Jocelyn Harris
In Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen, exciting new discoveries reveal Austen¿s opinions on the state of the nation, Captain Cook¿s death, and women¿s right to comment on politics, including the slave-trade, while allusions to celebrities demonstrate her worldliness, fascination with politics, and relish of rumor.
IntroductionChapter 1: ¿Ungossiping authority¿: Fanny Burney, Cassandra Cooke, and Jane AustenChapter 2: ¿He swore and he drank¿: Lieutenant Price and Lieutenant PhillipsChapter 3: ¿Everybody is cross and teasing¿: The Mansfield TheatricalsChapter 4: ¿Censure in common use¿: Women, Satire, and PoliticsChapter 5: ¿Carried home, dead drunk¿: Satires on the Royal FamilyChapter 6: ¿Hair so untidy, so blowsy!¿ Elizabeth Bennet, Dorothy Jordan, and the Duke ofClarenceChapter 7: ¿Half Mulatto, chilly & tender¿: Sanditon, the Duke of Clarence, and Sara Baartmanthe ¿Hottentot Venus¿Conclusion Jane Austen¿s Belated CelebrityAppendix A: Mr. Joseph Nutting, Army Button Maker of Covent-GardenAppendix B: The Woman of Colour and ¿Wowski¿Appendix C: Lady Caroline Lamb and LordBibliographyIndexAbout the Author