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Overview
This is a collection of essays written by some of the leading modern authorities in Austen studies, and it demonstrates how these works can have diverse and often polarized critical readings.Synopsis
This is a collection of essays written by some of the leading modern authorities in Austen studies, and it demonstrates how these works can have diverse and often polarized critical readings.
Booknews
Leading modern authorities in Austen studies offer opposing interpretations of her novels "Mansfield Park" and "Persuasion", examining them in light of key developments in cultural, historicist, and feminist theory. Some offer a view of Austen as a traditionalist, and some argue that the novels are radical works addressing contemporary politics of culture and gender. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.