Jane Austen's Women(English, Hardcover, Anderson Kathleen)

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Jane Austen's Women(English, Hardcover, Anderson Kathleen) is written by Anderson Kathleen and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1438472250 (ISBN 10) and 9781438472256 (ISBN 13).

An original critical introduction to women characters in the novels of Jane Austen. Why does Jane Austen "mania" continue unabated in a postmodern world? How does the brilliant Regency novelist speak so personally to today's women that they view her as their best friend? Jane Austen's Women answers these questions by exploring Austen's affirming yet challenging vision of both who her dynamic female characters are, and who they become. This important new work analyzes the heroines' relationships to body, mind, spirit, environment, and society. It reveals how, despite a restrictive patriarchal culture, these women achieve greatness. In clear, lively prose, Kathleen Anderson shares original theoretical insights from twenty years of studying Austen, and illuminates the novels as guidebooks on how to become an Austenian heroine in one's everyday life. This engaging book will appeal to a broad readership: the serious student, the general lit-lover, and the Austen neophyte alike.