Jane Austen and the Arts

Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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The essays collected in Jane Austen and the Arts; Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony examine Austen’s understanding of the arts, her aesthetic philosophy, and her role as artist. Together, they explore Austen’s connections with Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Madame de Staël, Joanna Baillie, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, and other writers engaged in debates on the sensuous experience and the intellectual judgment of art. Our contributors look at Austen’s engagement with diverse art forms, painting, ballet, drama, poetry, and music, investigating our topic within historically grounded and theoretically nuanced essays. They represent Austen as a writer-thinker reflecting on the nature and practice of artistic creation and considering the social, moral, psychological, and theological functions of art in her fiction. We suggest that Austen knew, modified, and transformed the dominant aesthetic discourses of her era, at times ironically, to her own artistic ends. As a result, a new, and compelling image of Austen emerges, a “portrait of a lady artist” confidently promoting her own distinctly post-enlightenment aesthetic system.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-08-26
Mått154 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt445 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor282
FörlagAssociated University Presses
ISBN9781611462005

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Contents AcknowledgmentsPreface: Jane Austen’s Critique of Aesthetic Judgment by Vivasvan SoniIntroduction by Natasha Duquette and Elisabeth LenckosI. The Fine Arts in Austen’s World: Music, Dance, and Portraiture"Daily Practice, Musical Accomplishment, and the Example of Jane Austen” Kathryn Libin Chapter 2 – "A ‘Reputation for Accomplishment’: Marianne Dashwood and Emma Woodhouse as Artistic Performers" by Kelly McDonald Chapter 3 – "Miss Bingley’s Walk: The Aesthetics of Movement in Pride and Prejudice" by Erin Smith Chapter 4 – "The Sister Artist: Cassandra Austen’s Portraits of Jane Austen in Art-Historical Context" by Jeffrey Nigro II. Austen and Romanticism: Female Genius, Gothicism, and SublimityChapter 5 – "Portrait of a Lady (Artist): Jane Austen’s Anne Elliot, Madame de Staël’s Corrine, and the Woman of Genius Novel" by Elisabeth Lenckos Chapter 6 – "Jane Austen’s Comic Heroines and the Controversial Pleasures of Wit" by Belisa Monteiro Chapter 7 – "An Adaptable A