· Jane Austen, the Secret Radical. by. Helena Kelly. · Rating details · 1, ratings · reviews. A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daring--how truly radical--a writer she was/5. · Download Jane Austen, the Secret Radical PDF ‹ Back to Publication. The Jane Austen Society of North America is dedicated to the enjoyment. In Jane Austen: The Secret Radical, Helena Kelly the brilliant Austen scholar has done her detective work through a close and inspired reading of the texts of the Austen novels to reveal a portrait of a woman very different from the . · Kelly’s Austen is a “radical” who resents aristocracy, despises the corruption of the Church of England and assails Burkean www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins.
Jane Austen: The Secret Radical by Helena Kelly Janu by narfna 7 Comments I was just sort of expecting a fun book where the author points out passages in Austen's work that adds credibility to the idea that Jane Austen was a radical thinker for her time. Jane Austen, The Secret Radical puts that right. In her first, brilliantly original book, Austen expert Helena Kelly introduces the reader to a passionate woman living in an age of revolution; to a writer who used what was regarded as the lightest of literary genres, the novel, to grapple with the weightiest of subjects - feminism, slavery. JANE AUSTEN, THE SECRET RADICAL. by Helena Kelly ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 2, Tracking the "shadowy, curiously colorless figure" of the revered novelist. In her debut book, a fine-grained literary study, Kelly (Classics and English Literature/Univ. of Oxford) amply shows her deep research into some of the lesser-known elements of Austen.
Uncovering a radical, spirited and political engaged Austen, Jane Austen, The Secret Radical will encourage you to read Jane, all over again. Overview. A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daring—how truly radical—a writer she was. In this fascinating, revelatory work, Helena Kelly—dazzling Jane Austen authority—looks past the grand houses, the pretty young women, past the demure drawing room dramas and witty commentary. Jane Austen, the Secret Radical. by. Helena Kelly. · Rating details · 1, ratings · reviews. A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daring--how truly radical--a writer she was.
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