Literary Criticism

Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

Name: Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
Author: Gene W. Ruoff
ISBN: 9780312084240

by Gene W. Ruoff

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Synopsis

I. Contexts -- Historical And Cultural Context -- Critical Reception Of The Text -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Ii. Sense And Sensibility: A Reading Of The Text -- 1. Why A Reading? -- 2. Wills -- 3. First And Second Sons -- 4. First And Second Attachments -- 5. Linear And Lateral Families -- 6. Constitutional Groundings -- 7. Movement And Plot -- 8. Women's Lives And Men's Stories. Gene W. Ruoff. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 115-121) And Index.