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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Kelly, Helena, 1981-     Subjects     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Political and social views.     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Social problems in literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kelly, Helena, 1981-       by title:      Jane Austen, the sec...       by call number:      823.7 A933k     Search the Web     Kelly, Helena, 1981-     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Political and social views.     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.     Social problems in literature.       MARC Display

Jane Austen, the secret radical / Helena Kelly. by Kelly, Helena, 1981- New York, 2017. Call #: 823.7 A933k Subjects Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Political and social views.   Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation.   Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.   Social problems in literature. ISBN:  9781524732103 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The authoress -- "The anxieties of common life": Northanger Abbey -- The age of brass: Sense and sensibility -- "All our old prejudices": Pride and prejudice -- "The chain and the cross": Mansfield Park -- Gruel Emma -- Decline and fall: Persuasion -- The end. Summary:  "A reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daring - how truly radical - a writer she was. Jane Austen authority Helena Kelly looks past the grand houses, the pretty young women, past the demure drawing room dramas and witty commentary on the narrow social worlds of her time that became the hallmark of Austen's work to bring to light the serious, ambitious, deeply subversive nature of this beloved writer. Kelly illuminates the radical subjects - slavery, poverty, feminism, the Church, evolution, among them - considered treasonous at the time, that Austen deftly explored in the six novels that have come to embody an age. The author reveals just how in the novels we find the real Jane Austen: a clever, clear-sighted woman "of information," fully aware of what was going on in the world and sure about what she thought of it. We see a writer who understood that the novel - until then seen as mindless "trash" - could be a great art form and who, perhaps more than any other writer up to that time, imbued it with its particular greatness."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 823.7 A933k Adult books Checked out Jul 04, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 823.7 A933k Adult books Checked out Jul 22, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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