The Language of Jane Austen

• Main Author: Bray, Joe (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Language, Style and Literature
• Subjects: Language and languages-Style.; Literature, Modern-18th century.; Philology.; Linguistics.; Poetry.; British literature.; Stylistics.; Eighteenth-Century Literature.; Language and Literature.; Poetry and Poetics.; British and Irish Literature.

Joe Bray's careful analysis of Jane Austen's stylistic techniques reveals that the genius of her writing is far from effortless; rather he makes the case for her as a meticulous craftswoman and a radical stylistic pioneer. Countering those who have detected in her novels a dominant, author...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Point of View
• Chapter 2: The Representation of Speech
• Chapter 3: The Representation of Thought
• Chapter 4: The Representation of Writing
• Chapter 5: Morality and Vulgarity
• Chapter 6: Balance and Disharmony
• Chapter 7: Literal and Figurative
• Conclusion: After Reading.