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Jane Austen and Children (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,895
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Jane Austen and Children (Hardcover): David Selwyn

Jane Austen and Children (Hardcover)

David Selwyn

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This title explores the surprisingly important part that children play in the novels of Jane Austen and the contribution they make to understanding her adult characters. Jane Austen is not usually associated with children - especially since she had none of her own. But there are in fact more children in her novels than one might at first think. She herself was from a sizeable family, with numerous nephews and nieces. She was, by all accounts, good with children and popular with them. It was therefore natural for her to include them in her novels, even if sometimes offstage. This book, by one of the world's leading authorities on Austen, looks at both the real and the literary children in her life - children seen and unseen (and dead); children as models of behaviour, good and bad; as objects of affection, amusement, usefulness, pity, regret, jealousy, resentment; children in the way; children as excuses; and, children as heirs. In the process, it casts fascinating light on a hitherto largely ignored aspect of her work and the age in which she lived.

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Imprint: Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2010
First published: September 2010
Authors: David Selwyn
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-1-84725-041-4
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
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LSN: 1-84725-041-6
Barcode: 9781847250414

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