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. |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 49
Pagina xi
... called upon to exert themselves beyond the limited demands of a country dance . This picture is misleading in two ways . First , though it is true that people in Jane Austen rarely do paid , and never manual , work , they are generally ...
... called upon to exert themselves beyond the limited demands of a country dance . This picture is misleading in two ways . First , though it is true that people in Jane Austen rarely do paid , and never manual , work , they are generally ...
Pagina xvii
... called The Loiterer . James also provided witty verse prologues and epilogues for the family theatricals . Throughout his life he wrote a geat deal of poetry , much of it in the proto - Romantic vein of Thomson and Cowper ; although it ...
... called The Loiterer . James also provided witty verse prologues and epilogues for the family theatricals . Throughout his life he wrote a geat deal of poetry , much of it in the proto - Romantic vein of Thomson and Cowper ; although it ...
Pagina 10
... called here the morning before , et voila tout.24 The morning visit and the evening party were the principal occasions for seeing one's friends and acquaintances . The ' long morning visit ' described here to the rector of Baughurst and ...
... called here the morning before , et voila tout.24 The morning visit and the evening party were the principal occasions for seeing one's friends and acquaintances . The ' long morning visit ' described here to the rector of Baughurst and ...
Pagina 13
... called on in return , either with a card or by being paid an actual visit . If instead of leaving a card she made a call and was asked up into the drawing - room , that call had to be repaid , though a call ' in form ' , which required ...
... called on in return , either with a card or by being paid an actual visit . If instead of leaving a card she made a call and was asked up into the drawing - room , that call had to be repaid , though a call ' in form ' , which required ...
Pagina 14
... called and inquired for her a few minutes after her setting off ; that , when he told them she was gone out with Mr. Thorpe , the lady had asked whether any message had been left for her ; and on his saying no , had felt for a card ...
... called and inquired for her a few minutes after her setting off ; that , when he told them she was gone out with Mr. Thorpe , the lady had asked whether any message had been left for her ; and on his saying no , had felt for a card ...
Cuprins
1 | |
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 |
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
amusement assemblies aunt Austen-Leigh ball Bath Bennet brother Captain Wentworth cards Cassandra characters charade Charles Chawton Country Dancing course daughter delightful Donwell Edmund eighteenth century Elton Emma Emma Watson Emma's Fanny Burney feel Frank Churchill gardens give Godmersham Harriet Henry heroine Highbury hunting Ibid James Edward Jane Austen Jane Austen Society Jane Fairfax John kind Knightley Knightley's Lady Bertram later Lefroy leisure letter lived London look Lord Lybbe Powys Lyme Mansfield Park Marianne marry Martha Lloyd Mary Crawford Mary Lloyd Miss Bates moral needlework never niece night Northanger Abbey novel party perhaps pianoforte play pleasure poem popular Pride and Prejudice resort Sanditon scene seaside Sense and Sensibility sister social Steventon taste theatre theatricals thing Thomas Tilney Tom Bertram verse Weston wife woman Woodhouse writing young ladies