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Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels : A Psychological Approach

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm

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In Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels, Bernard J. Paris offers an analysis of the protagonists in four of Jane Austen's most popular novels. His analysis reveals them to be brilliant mimetic creations who often break free of the formal and thematic limitations placed upon them by Austen. Paris traces the powerful tensions between form, theme, and mimesis in Mansfield Park, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and Persuasion.Paris uses Northrop Frye's theory of comic forms to analyze and describe the formal structure of the novels, and Karen Horney's psychological theories to explore the personalities and inner conflicts of the main characters. The concluding chapter turns from the characters to their creator, employing the Horneyan categories of self-effacing, detached, and expansive personality types to interpret Jane Austen's own personality.Readers of Jane Austen will find much that is new and challenging in this study. It is one of the few books to recognize and pay tribute to Jane Austen's genius in characterization. Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new understanding of Austen's heroines as imagined human beings and also with a deeper feeling for the troubled humanity of the author herself.
Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels : A Psychological Approach and A A Preface to Morals
A A Preface to MoralsCharacter and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels : A Psychological Approach
  • Author

    Bernard J. Paris

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • Published

    January 2013

  • Weight

    291g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781412849869

  • ISBN-10

    1412849861

  • Eden Code

    5230840

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