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Synopsis
A lively, well-researched, expert study of aging in the literature of Jane Austen
There is no doubt that Jane Austen is enduringly popular with both a general readership and academics. But amid the wealth of approaches to her life and work, no one has made a full-length study of the concept of aging in her novels, and this book sets out to fill that gap. With chapters on the loss of youth and beauty, old wives, old maids, merry widows, and dowager despots, the theme allows for a lively exploration of many of Austen's most memorable characters. There are also chapters on hypochondria and illness, age and poverty, and death and wills. The book draws on the six novels, major literary fragments, Austen's own letters, and the reminiscences of family members and contemporaries. Real-life examples are used to underline the fidelity of Austen's fictional representation. Austen's wry approach to the perils and consolations of growing older is bound to strike chords with many.
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About the Author
Maggie Lane is the author of Jane Austen's World and Understanding Austen. She has lectured on aspects of Jane Austen's life and novels to the Jane Austen Societies of the UK, Canada, the U.S., and Australia, is the editor of the Jane Austen Society newsletter, and is consultant editor to the global Regency World magazine.
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'It is a fascinating read, allowing a great parade of characters to take their turn centre-stage. Lane covers all aspects of older age in this endlessly entertaining book - the chapters entitled 'The Loss of Youth and Beauty' and 'Not the Only Widow in Bath' are particularly revealing. Illness and death are treated with an Austenian mixture of wit and sensitivity - one cannot help but feel that Jane would have approved of such a lively study of "gout and decrepitude" and all the other ailments, real and imaginary, that assail her senior citizens.' Jane Austen's Regency World "Maggie Lane's Growing Older With Jane Austen appeals to our recognition not of where we've been, but of where we're going... full of striking insights into character..." JASNA News 'to Janeites the world over - those who have pored over all her own works and letters and the numerous biographies, analyses and critical essays, good, bad and awful - it is a treasure-house of interesting information, and a joy to read' Sensibilities
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- PublisherRobert Hale
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0719806976
- ISBN 13 9780719806971
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages192
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