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Art and Artifact in Austen (Paperback)
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Art and Artifact in Austen (Paperback)
Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series
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Jane Austen distinguished herself with genius in literature, but
she was immersed in all of the arts. Austen loved dancing, played
the piano proficiently, meticulously transcribed piano scores,
attended concerts and art exhibits, read broadly, wrote poems, sat
for portraits by her sister Cassandra, and performed in
theatricals. For her, art functioned as a social bond, solidifying
her engagement with community and offering order. And yet Austen's
hold on readers' imaginations owes a debt to the omnipresent threat
of disorder that often stems-ironically-from her characters'
socially disruptive artistic sensibilities and skill. Drawing from
a wealth of recent historicist and materialist Austen scholarship,
this timely work explores Austen's ironic use of art and artifact
to probe selfhood, alienation, isolation, and community in ways
that defy simple labels and acknowledge the complexity of Austen's
thought.
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