Convention and the Art of Jane Austen's

This innovative new study re-examines the origins of Jane Austen's early fiction beginning in the 1790s and offers a reappraisal of Jane Austen and the development of her fictional heroines. This study focuses on the immediate predecessors of Jane Austen such as Charlotte Smith and others who were involved in recasting women's roles in English literature.

The Art of the Central Heroine

1

(12)

The Conventional Heroine as Jane Austen Knew Her

13

(28)

Heroines in Two Worlds -- Parody and Protest in the Juvenilia

41

(22)

Catherine Morland and the Double Delusions of Fiction

63

(14)

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood: Social Protest and Sensibility

77

(18)

Elizabeth Bennet and the Golden World of Pemberley

95

(18)

Fanny Price: The Passive Heroine as Social Outsider

113

(22)

Emma Woodhouse: The Active Heroine as Social Leader

135

(20)

Anne Elliot: The Passive Heroine as Social Critic

155

(16)

Compromise with the Convention

171

(6)

Notes

177

(12)

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Convention and the Art of Jane Austen's Heroines

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