Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions - Subversive Laughter, Embodied History (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions is a contemporary study of all Jane Austen's writings focusing on her representation of women, sexuality, the material objects, and linguistic patterns by which this sexuality was expressed. Heydt-Stevenson demonstrates the subtle, vulgar, and humorous ways Austen uses human bodies, objects, and activities (fashion, jewelry, crafts, popular literature, travel and tourism, money, and courtship rituals) to convey sexuality and sexual appetites. Through the sexual subtext, Heydt-Stevenson proposes, Austen satirized contemporary sexual hypocrisy; overcame the stereotypes of women authors as sexually inhibited, sheltered, or repressed; and addressed as sophisticated and worldly an audience as Byron's. Thus through her careful reading of all the Austen texts in light of the language of eroticism, both traditional and contemporary, Heydt-Stevenson re-evaluates Austen's audience, the novels, and her role as a writer.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	J. Heydt-Stevenson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	275
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6410-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4039-6410-6
Barcode:	9781403964106

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