Jane Austen and Narrative Authority 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Wallace, T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333607279 ISBN-13: 9780333607275 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1995 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
Dewey: 823.7 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 155 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Jane Austen and Narrative Authority, Tara Ghoshal Wallace argues that far from embodying ideological and technical serenity, Austen's novels articulate a range of anxieties about authorship and authority. The novels experiment in different ways with possible sources and the ultimate failures of authority, always returning to the compromised figure of the narrator. Wallace suggests that Austen's novelistic output can be read as a theory of interpretation, thematizing problems of narrative authority and readers' resistance. |