Jane Austen and LeisureBloomsbury Publishing, 1 de jul. 1998 - 376 pàgines Jane Austen's novels portray a leisured society of gentlemen and ladies who do not need to work. Even the minority of clergymen, soldiers and sailors - men with professions - are almost never seen working. Jane Austen herself, despite responsibility for some domestic tasks, wrote as a woman of leisure. Yet leisure, the distinguishing mark of a gentleman, was not meant to be an excuse for idleness. The proper use of leisure to fulfil duties, to read and to think, and above all to pursue social relations in a world where family and marriage for the propertied was of central importance, was a vital test of character. |
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Pàgina ix
... Miss Prudom as Arbaces in Arne's opera Artexerxes , published in Bell's British Theatre , 1781 . 117 Copy in Jane Austen's hand of Dibdin's " The Soldier's Adieu ' . ( Jane Austen Memorial Trust ) 130 Title page to Thomas Wilson's An ...
... Miss Prudom as Arbaces in Arne's opera Artexerxes , published in Bell's British Theatre , 1781 . 117 Copy in Jane Austen's hand of Dibdin's " The Soldier's Adieu ' . ( Jane Austen Memorial Trust ) 130 Title page to Thomas Wilson's An ...
Pàgina xii
... missed without some knowledge of the habits and conventions of the period . In attempting to supply such information , I shall be dealing with social history as much as with literary criticism ; and in so far as the world of the novels ...
... missed without some knowledge of the habits and conventions of the period . In attempting to supply such information , I shall be dealing with social history as much as with literary criticism ; and in so far as the world of the novels ...
Pàgina xiv
... Miss Bates and her mother who fell on hard times , members of the leisured class were generally able to command reason- able if not good incomes . This was important at a time when those people who had money could find a great many ways ...
... Miss Bates and her mother who fell on hard times , members of the leisured class were generally able to command reason- able if not good incomes . This was important at a time when those people who had money could find a great many ways ...
Pàgina xix
... Miss Bertrams , is also intent on the pursuit of pleasure ; and having failed to find enough scope for amusement in the improve- ments to his own estate , he is very keen to encourage Mr Rushworth's manic ideas at Sotherton . Mr Price ...
... Miss Bertrams , is also intent on the pursuit of pleasure ; and having failed to find enough scope for amusement in the improve- ments to his own estate , he is very keen to encourage Mr Rushworth's manic ideas at Sotherton . Mr Price ...
Pàgina 1
... ( Miss Bates makes no secret of the fact ) , they are nonetheless respected ; they move in the first circle of Highbury society and Mr Woodhouse regards them as particular friends . At the same time , they happily mix with people who ...
... ( Miss Bates makes no secret of the fact ) , they are nonetheless respected ; they move in the first circle of Highbury society and Mr Woodhouse regards them as particular friends . At the same time , they happily mix with people who ...
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