Liberty in Jane Austen's Persuasion

By Kathryn E. Davis

Book Overview

This book presents Austen as a novelist who put her distinctive voice and extraordinary imagination to the service of poets and philosophers. The study explores Austen's account of liberty understood as self-governance and suggests interior liberty as the necessary prerequisite for political liberty.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611462290
• ISBN13: 9781611462296
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Lehigh University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"