Jane Austen and the Drama of Woman

Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: A Subject in Her Own Right....Pages 1-18 Jane Austen and the ‘Drama of Woman’....Pages 19-45 Jane Austen’s Fiction Before 1810....Pages 46-68 Sense and Sensibility: The Risk of Being Female....Pages 69-86 Pride and Prejudice: No Improper Pride....Pages 87-110 Mansfield Park: The Revolt of the ‘Feminine’ Woman....Pages 111-128 Emma: The Flight from Womanhood....Pages 129-155 Persuasion: A Mature Dependence....Pages 156-173 Back Matter....Pages 174-206