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 xviii
... Park and the Bigg - Withers at Manydown . Visits to Edward at Godmersham , and to his wife's family , the Bridges , at Goodnestone , introduced her to a higher level of country house society and allowed her to experience at first hand ...
... Park and the Bigg - Withers at Manydown . Visits to Edward at Godmersham , and to his wife's family , the Bridges , at Goodnestone , introduced her to a higher level of country house society and allowed her to experience at first hand ...
Pagina xix
... Park in 1814 and 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 ...
... Park in 1814 and 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 ...
Pagina xx
... Park shows people indulging in many of the opportunities for leisure by early nineteenth - century society : dancing , walking , riding , shooting , visiting country mansions , attending balls and evening parties , playing cards , doing ...
... Park shows people indulging in many of the opportunities for leisure by early nineteenth - century society : dancing , walking , riding , shooting , visiting country mansions , attending balls and evening parties , playing cards , doing ...
Pagina xxi
... Park ( though scenes at the theatre in Northanger Abbey also merit examination ) . People have been puzzled by the fact that the performance of a play in a private house is apparently regarded disapprovingly , despite the Steventon ...
... Park ( though scenes at the theatre in Northanger Abbey also merit examination ) . People have been puzzled by the fact that the performance of a play in a private house is apparently regarded disapprovingly , despite the Steventon ...
Pagina 4
... Park offers instances of its not being done at all , through indolence in Lady Bertram's case or , in Mrs Price's , lack of skill . Obligations to the neighbour- hood imposed their own demands of time and expenditure . Other people's ...
... Park offers instances of its not being done at all , through indolence in Lady Bertram's case or , in Mrs Price's , lack of skill . Obligations to the neighbour- hood imposed their own demands of time and expenditure . Other people's ...
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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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