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This bookpresents Jane Austen as a self-conscious artist, a woman keenly aware that literature and aesthetics were to play an important role in the education and development of British society. Contributors reveal Austen’s connection with the sister arts and place her squarely in the context of English and European theories of writing.
List of contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface: Jane Austen's Critique of Aesthetic Judgment by Vivasvan Soni
Introduction by Natasha Duquette and Elisabeth Lenckos
I. The Fine Arts in Austen's World: Music, Dance, and Portraiture
"Daily Practice, Musical Accomplishment, and the Example of Jane Austen"
Kathryn Libin
Chapter 2 - "A 'Reputation for Accomplishment': Marianne Dashwood and Emma Woodhouse as Artistic Performers" by Kelly McDonald
Chapter 3 - "Miss Bingley's Walk: The Aesthetics of Movement in Pride and Prejudice" by Erin Smith
Chapter 4 - "The Sister Artist: Cassandra Austen's Portraits of Jane Austen in Art-Historical Context" by Jeffrey Nigro
II. Austen and Romanticism: Female Genius, Gothicism, and Sublimity
Chapter 5 - "Portrait of a Lady (Artist): Jane Austen's Anne Elliot, Madame de Staël's Corrine, and the Woman of Genius Novel" by Elisabeth Lenckos
Chapter 6 - "Jane Austen's Comic Heroines and the Controversial Pleasures of Wit" by Belisa Monteiro
Chapter 7 - "An Adaptable A
About the author
Natasha Duquette is associate professor and chair of the English Department at Biola University in Southern California.
Elisabeth Lenckos teaches at the University of Chicago's Graham School.
