ABSTRACT

In Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England, Roger Sales looks at Jane Austen's entire oeuve, and views her historically as a Regency writer voicing concerns on the condition of England.
Examining Austen's literary works; her letters - in the context of those of other Regency women; as well as contemporary texts such as television adaptations of her work, Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England reconstructs the breadth of Jane Austen's writing. It also examines:
* her representations of dandyism and masculine identities
* the events of the Regency crisis of 1810-12
* the way in which Austen engaged in topical debates such as healthcare in both Emma and Persuasion.

part |2 pages

Part I The Regency reproduced

chapter 1|26 pages

Rewriting the Regency

part |2 pages

Part II The Regency rediscovered

chapter 3|29 pages

The Prince, the dandy and the Crisis

part |2 pages

Part III The political condition of Regency England

part |2 pages

Part IV. The sick society: Leisure and invalidism in the later writings

chapter 5|36 pages

Emma: The village and the watering place

chapter 6|29 pages

Persuasion: The war and the peace

chapter 7|22 pages

Sanditon: The madhouse and the greenhouse