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Index

Cover Halftitle Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents General Editor’s Preface A Note on Editions Part 1: Analysing Jane Austen’s Novels

1 Language and Texture

Pride and Prejudice, pp. 102–3 Emma, p. 7 Mansfield Park, pp. 5–6 Persuasion, p. 36 Conclusions Methods of Analysis Suggested Work

2 Characterisation

Characterisations in general

Emma, p. 21

Self-deception and self-knowledge

Pride and Prejudice, pp. 168–9 Emma, pp. 55–8 Mansfield Park, pp. 364–6 Persuasion, pp. 147–8

Conclusions Methods of Analysis Suggested Work

3 Structure in Jane Austen’s Novels

A Social Event

Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18 (pp. 76–87)

A Dialogue

Emma, p. 160

Structure in Themes

Mansfield Park, pp. 133–5

Linguistic Structure

Persuasion, p. 236

The Analysis of Plot (Emma, Chapter 47) Conclusions Methods of Analysis Suggested Work

4 Society

Pride and Prejudice, pp. 286–8 Emma, pp. 270–1 Mansfield Park, pp. 164–6 Persuasion, pp. 205–7 Conclusions Methods of Analysis Suggested Work

5 The Place of Women

Pride and Prejudice, pp. 35–6 Emma, pp. 73–4 Mansfield Park, pp. 260–1 Persuasion, pp. 55–7 Conclusions Methods of Analysis Suggested Work

6 The Theme of Change and the Change of Theme

The Theme of Change

Pride and Prejudice, p. 129 Emma, p. 319 Mansfield Park, p. 73 Persuasion, p. 50

The Change of Theme Conclusions

7 Irony, and the Author

The Difficulty of Finding the Author Irony

Mansfield Park, p. 390 Emma, p. 321 Persuasion, p. 132 Pride and Prejudice, pp. 226–7

Conclusions Methods of Analysis Suggested Work

Conclusions to Part 1

Part 2: The Context and the Critics

8 Jane Austen’s Life and Work

Jane Austen’s Life Jane Austen as Novelist

9 Jane Austen’s Contribution to the Development of the Novel

The Novel before Jane Austen Integrating Aspects of the Novel

10 A Sample of Critical Views

Controversy Samples of Criticism

Andrew H. Wright LeRoy W Smith Barbara Rasmussen