Jane Austen's Style: Narrative Economy and the Novel's Growth

ISBN-13: 9781108439404 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 220 str.

Anne (University of Cambridge) Toner

Opis

A new exploration of the innovative features of Jane Austen's style.

Recenzje

'Explicating the very long history of critical reception of Austen's exemplary, modern economy of style - its concision of plot for character, for example - Toner under-takes a detailed and thorough grammatical investigation of how exactly Austen achieves her fêted economy, and to what ends.' Kate Singer, The Wordsworth Circle

Spis treści

1. Structure: selection, connection, and the picturesque; 2. Language: apophatic Austen (not saying things and saying so); 3. Dialogue: Austen's missing speakers and the case for free direct discourse.