Jane Austen and LeisureBloomsbury Publishing, 1 iul. 1998 - 376 pagini Jane Austen's novels portray a leisured society of gentlemen and ladies who do not need to work. Even the minority of clergymen, soldiers and sailors - men with professions - are almost never seen working. Jane Austen herself, despite responsibility for some domestic tasks, wrote as a woman of leisure. Yet leisure, the distinguishing mark of a gentleman, was not meant to be an excuse for idleness. The proper use of leisure to fulfil duties, to read and to think, and above all to pursue social relations in a world where family and marriage for the propertied was of central importance, was a vital test of character. |
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Pagina viii
... Emma wrote the letters herself . ( V & A Picture Library ) 17 Bilbocatch , or cup and ball . ( Bristol City Museum ) 18 Spillikins . ( Bristol City Museum ) Text Illustrations Cassino , engraving by Stothard and Cook , VIII JANE AUSTEN ...
... Emma wrote the letters herself . ( V & A Picture Library ) 17 Bilbocatch , or cup and ball . ( Bristol City Museum ) 18 Spillikins . ( Bristol City Museum ) Text Illustrations Cassino , engraving by Stothard and Cook , VIII JANE AUSTEN ...
Pagina xix
... Emma in 1815 . Persuasion , her last completed book , was published posthumously with North- anger Abbey in 1817. When she died , on 18 July 1817 , she had written twelve chapters of a novel with a seaside setting which was subsequently ...
... Emma in 1815 . Persuasion , her last completed book , was published posthumously with North- anger Abbey in 1817. When she died , on 18 July 1817 , she had written twelve chapters of a novel with a seaside setting which was subsequently ...
Pagina xxi
... Emma , which abounds in word - games , becomes increasingly dominant , and in the final section I attempt an examination of that novel as a word - game on a large scale a leisure activity , as it were , about people's leisure activities ...
... Emma , which abounds in word - games , becomes increasingly dominant , and in the final section I attempt an examination of that novel as a word - game on a large scale a leisure activity , as it were , about people's leisure activities ...
Pagina 1
... Emma . Mrs Bates , widow of a former vicar of Highbury , lives with her daughter on a restricted income in an oppressively small house and their circumstances are likely to grow worse . There is no doubt , however , that they are ...
... Emma . Mrs Bates , widow of a former vicar of Highbury , lives with her daughter on a restricted income in an oppressively small house and their circumstances are likely to grow worse . There is no doubt , however , that they are ...
Pagina 2
... Emma . Highbury is in a way a microcosm of the social structure of early nineteenth- century England . At the top , Mr Knightley , the landowner , and Emma , the heiress , represent the settled order of established wealth . Below them ...
... Emma . Highbury is in a way a microcosm of the social structure of early nineteenth- century England . At the top , Mr Knightley , the landowner , and Emma , the heiress , represent the settled order of established wealth . Below them ...
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2 Pleasure Resorts | 23 |
3 Needlework and Art | 65 |
4 Outdoor Pursuits | 89 |
5 Music | 115 |
6 Dancing | 145 |
7 Books | 175 |
8 Theatricals | 235 |
9 Toys and Games | 261 |
10 Verses Riddles and Puzzles | 277 |
Notes | 303 |
Bibliography | 331 |
Index | 339 |
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