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Jane Austen was the daughter of a clergyman, the sister of two others and the cousin of four more. Her principal acquaintances were clergymen and their families, whose social, intellectual and religious attitudes she shared. Yet while clergymen feature in all her novels, often in major roles, there has been little recognition of their significance. To many readers their status and profession is a mystery, as they appear simply to be a sub-species of gentlemen and never seem to perform any duties. Mr Collins in Pride and prejudice is often regarded as little more than a figure of fun. Astonishingly, Jane Austen and the Clergy is the first book to demonstrate the importance of Jane Austen's clerical background and to explain the clergy in her novels, whether Mr Tilney in Northanger Abbey, Mr Elton in Emma, or a less prominent character such as Dr Grant in Mansfield Park. In this exceptionally well-written and enjoyable book, Irene Collins draws on a wide knowledge of the literature and history of the period to describe who the clergy were, both in the novels and in life: how they were educated and appointed the houses they lived in and the gardens they designed and cultivated; the women they married; their professional and social context; their income, their duties, their moral outlook and their beliefs. Jane Austen and the Clergy uses the facts of Jane Austen's life and the evidence contained in her letters and novels to give a vivid and convincing portrait of the contemporary clergy.
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Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Irene Collins |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Release |
: 2003-02-05 |
File |
: 265 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781852853273 |
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Genre |
: Clergy in literature |
Author |
: Diane Moeller |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1952 |
File |
: 122 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: IOWA:31858013787035 |
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Genre |
: Novelists, English |
Author |
: Oscar Fay Adams |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1891 |
File |
: 304 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89097268239 |
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An excellent introduction to one of the best known authors in English Literature.
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Genre |
: Biography & Autobiography |
Author |
: Christopher Gillie |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Release |
: 1985 |
File |
: 208 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015010387895 |
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Genre |
: |
Author |
: Jane Austen |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1894 |
File |
: 272 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: MINN:31951002130979X |
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Genre |
: Cardinals |
Author |
: Maisie Ward |
Publisher |
: New York, Sheed & Ward |
Release |
: 1948 |
File |
: 520 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCAL:$B716943 |
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Genre |
: Clergy in literature |
Author |
: Mildred Lee Shea |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1931 |
File |
: 202 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: MINN:31951002193000L |
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Through chronologies, alphabetically arranged entries, and extensive bibliographies, this encyclopedia provides detailed and comprehensive information about Austen's life, works, and critical reputation.
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Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Paul Poplawski |
Publisher |
: Greenwood |
Release |
: 1998-06-30 |
File |
: 448 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015045658435 |
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What was the significance of the pyramid of fruit which confronted Elizabeth Bennet at Pemberley? Or of the cold beef eaten by Willoughby on his journey of repentance to see Marianne? Why is it so appropriate that the scene of Emma's disgrace should be a picnic, and how do the different styles of housekeeping in Mansfield Park engage with the social issues of the day? While Jane Austen does not luxuriate in cataloguing meals in the way of Victorian novelists, food in fact plays a vital part in her novels. Her plots, being domestic, are deeply imbued with the rituals of giving and sharing meals. The attitudes of her characters to eating, to housekeeping and to hospitality are important indicators of their moral worth. In a practice both economical and poetic, Jane Austen sometimes uses specific foodstuffs to symbolise certain qualities at heightened moments in the text. This culminates in the artistic triumph of Emma, in which repeated references to food not only contribute to the solidity of her imagined world, but provide an extended metaphor for the interdependence of a community. In this original, lively and well-researched book, Maggie Lane not only offers a fresh perspective on the novels, but illuminates a fascinating period of food history, as England stood on the brink of urbanisation, middle-class luxury, and change in the role of women. Ranging over topics from greed and gender to mealtimes and manners, and drawing on the novels, letters and Austen family papers, she also discusses Jane Austen's own ambivalent attitude to the provision and enjoyment of food.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Maggie Lane |
Publisher |
: Burns & Oates |
Release |
: 1995 |
File |
: 208 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015032227749 |
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Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne’s landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books.
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Genre |
: Biography & Autobiography |
Author |
: Paula Byrne |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins UK |
Release |
: 2013-01-10 |
File |
: 348 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780007358335 |