Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature

by Mary Jane Curry

Jane Austen's heroines respond to the power of the natural world, seeking comfort in nature's calm or referencing trees and "verdure"--meaning fresh greenness and fertility--in relation to their awakening self-knowledge and, in most, their sexuality.

This book focuses on interactions between Austen's heroines and uncontrollable forces of nature. Gender and nature are interwoven; some upper-class, usually male characters exploit nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476696241
• ISBN13: 9781476696249
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up