Jane Austen and Modernization
Jane Austen wrote when sociology was being established as the new discipline to understand social issues such as urbanization and industrialization. Drawing on landmark sociologists such as Durkheim and Bourdieu, this study argues that the novels of Austen were heavily influenced by these early developments in sociology.
| Autor: | Thompson, J. |
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| ISBN: | 9781349505005 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 211 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Veröffentlicht: | 08.11.2015 |
| Untertitel: | Sociological Readings |
| Schlagworte: | British and Irish Literature English literature Jane Austen Pierre Bourdieu Simmel history of literature interaction novel prejudice sociology |
James Thompson is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hilll, USA.