Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf and Worldly Realism /

Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf and Worldly Realism /

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Studies Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf as materialists who assert equality between things, universe and people. Austen and Woolf are materialists, this book argues. 'Things' in their novels give us entry into some of the most contentious issues of the day. This wholly materialist understan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris, Pam, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh, UK : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Austen, Jane > 1775-1817
Woolf, Virginia > 1882-1941
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Criticism and interpretation.
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941 > Criticism and interpretation.
Materialismus
Realism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Biography and True Stories.
Realisme dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Worldly realism
  • Part I: Systems and things
  • Sense and sensibility: wishing is believing
  • Mrs.Dalloway: the spirit of religion was abroad
  • Part II: Nation and universe
  • Emma: a prospect of England
  • The waves: blasphemy of laughter and criticism
  • Part III: Guns and plumbing
  • Persuasion: fellow creatures
  • The years: moment of transition
  • Conclusion.

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