Mansfield Park and Persuasion

by Judy Simons

Book Overview

Mansfield Park and Persuasion are notoriously problematic works which have stimulated diverse and often polarised critical readings. This collection illustrates these oppositions and recreates the current lively debate about the novels' interpretation. Examining the texts in the light of key developments in cultural, historicist and feminist theory, the volume both provides a view of Austen as a traditionalist and simultaneously argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333636791
• ISBN13: 9780333636794
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"