| Jane Austen and the Dialectic of Misrecognition Contributor(s): Ahrens, Rüdiger (Editor), KI, Wing-Chi (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631531931 ISBN-13: 9783631531938 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $120.08 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 823.7 |
| Series: Anglo-American Studies |
| Physical Information: 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The objective of this book is to present a dialectical framework within which to reread Jane Austen's novels and to counter the critical dichotomy between a 'conservative' Jane (proposed by the containment school of critics) and a 'radical' Austen (proposed by the subversive school of critics). It aims at providing a framework that is flexible enough to explain why the two schools are inadequate, but rigorous enough to shed new light on Austen's complex vision of epistemological enlightenment - namely, her insistence on the 'positive recognition', the 'negative cognition', and the 'cynical misrecognition' as essential moments in the development of the subject. The author argues that Austen's 'dialectics of recognition' point neither towards docile conformism nor revolutionary struggle, but an on-going spirit of critique in the midst of misrecognition. |