The Hidden Jane Austen
The Hidden Jane Austen by John Wiltshire, published by Cambridge University Press on April 24, 2014, is a scholarly examination of Jane Austen’s six novels, comprising 195 pages in English. This study presents new interpretations that shift the focus from the social and historical contexts of Austen’s work to her prose techniques, offering insights into her narrative style and psychological depth.
Readers will find a detailed analysis that highlights the distinct focus and underlying agendas of each of Austen’s novels, including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Wiltshire employs close readings of key passages to explore Austen’s exploration of psychology, particularly her treatment of attention and memory. This approach reveals the hidden motives and impulses of Austen’s characters, providing a deeper understanding of her narrative art and literary criticism within the European context.
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In this major study, leading Austen scholar John Wiltshire offers new interpretations of Jane Austen’s six novels, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (1818). Much recent criticism of Austen has concentrated on the social, historical and intellectual context of her work, but Wiltshire turns attention back to Austen’s prose techniques. Arguing that each of Austen’s works has its own distinct focus and underlying agenda, he shows how Austen’s interest in psychology, and especially her treatment of attention and the various forms of memory, helped shape her narratives. Through a series of compelling close readings of key passages in each novel, Wiltshire underscores Austen’s unique ability to penetrate the hidden inner motives and impulses of her characters, and reveals some of the secrets of her narrative art.
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