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    Art and Artifact in Austen

Art and Artifact in Austen

Anna Battigelli
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      Jane Austen distinguished herself with genius in literature, but she was immersed in all of the arts. Austen loved dancing, played the piano proficiently, meticulously transcribed piano scores, attended concerts and art exhibits, read broadly, wrote poems, sat for portraits by her sister Cassandra, and performed in theatricals. For her, art functioned as a social bond, solidifying her engagement with community and offering order. And yet Austen's hold on readers' imaginations owes a debt to the omnipresent threat of disorder that often stems—ironically—from her characters' socially disruptive artistic sensibilities and skill. Drawing from a wealth of recent historicist and materialist Austen scholarship, this timely work explores Austen's ironic use of art and artifact to probe selfhood, alienation, isolation, and community in ways that defy simple labels and acknowledge the complexity of Austen's thought.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Anna Battigelli EAN: 9781644531747 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 540 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Associated University Presses DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-03-11 CITY: GENRE: ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      English, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of art, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

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      Anna Battigelli is Professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh and the author of Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind.
      Jane Austen distinguished herself with genius in literature, but she was immersed in all of the arts. Austen loved dancing, played the piano proficiently, meticulously transcribed piano scores, attended concerts and art exhibits, read broadly, wrote poems, sat for portraits by her sister Cassandra, and performed in theatricals. For her, art functioned as a social bond, solidifying her engagement with community and offering order. And yet Austen's hold on readers' imaginations owes a debt to the omnipresent threat of disorder that often stems—ironically—from her characters' socially disruptive artistic sensibilities and skill. Drawing from a wealth of recent historicist and materialist Austen scholarship, this timely work explores Austen's ironic use of art and artifact to probe selfhood, alienation, isolation, and community in ways that defy simple labels and acknowledge the complexity of Austen's thought.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Anna Battigelli EAN: 9781644531747 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 540 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Associated University Presses DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-03-11 CITY: GENRE: ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      English, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of art, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

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      Anna Battigelli is Professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh and the author of Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind.

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