Jane Austen and the Province of Womanhood
Traditional critics of Jane Austen''s novels consider her fiction from the perspective of male literature, male social values, and male myths and assumptions about women. These critics often give excellent readings of Austen, but they mitigate their own best efforts by trying to separate her life from the fiction and the fiction from her awareness of women''s predicament in society.
In Jane Austen ...
Traditional critics of Jane Austen''s novels consider her fiction from the perspective of male literature, male social values, and male myths and assumptions about women. These critics often give excellent readings of Austen, but they mitigate their own best efforts by trying to separate her life from the fiction and the fiction from her awareness of women''s predicament in society.
In Jane Austen ...
