Romantic Austen: Sexual Politics and the Literary Canon

by Clara Tuite

Book Overview

A full-length scholarly monograph examining Jane Austen's writings within the traditions of Romanticism. It argues that Austen's central position within the literary canon can only be fully understood by locating her work within Romantic cultural traditions. Taking the contemporary Austen revival as its cue, the study presents a series of historically contextualized readings of Austen's juvenilia (Catharine, or The Bower and The History of England),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521054397
• ISBN13: 9780521054393
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"