Jane Austen, or the Secret of Style |
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| Author:
| Miller, D. A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-12387-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $44.99 |
Book Description:
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The Austen heroine must suppress her wit to become the one and not the other, to become, that is, a person fit to be tied in a conjugal knot. But for herself, Austen refuses personhood, with all its constraints and needs, and disappears into the sourceless anonymity of her style.
The Austen heroine must suppress her wit to become the one and not the other, to become, that is, a person fit to be tied in a conjugal knot. But for herself, Austen refuses personhood, with all its constraints and needs, and disappears into the sourceless anonymity of her style.