Jane Austen and the State of the Nation

by Sheryl Craig and Eckersley

Book Overview

Jane Austen and the State of the Nation explores Jane Austen's references to politics and to political economics and concludes that Austen was a liberal Tory who remained consistent in her political agenda throughout her career as a novelist. Read with this historical background, Austen's books emerge as state-of-the-nation or political novels.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137544546
• ISBN13: 9781137544544
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"