Tony Tanner's classic text on Jane Austen addresses the issues that have always occupied the author's most perceptive critics, and offers an illuminating and refreshing analysis of Austen's novels. Tanner shows how Austen changed from a basically accepting view of 'society' to a more questioning one and considers the problems of authority, power and the position of women, as well as the relationship between ethics, language and behaviour.

This reissued edition features a new Preface by leading Romantic scholar Marilyn Gaull who examines Tanner's background and places the original work in context. Lively and informative, the Preface helps to reinforce and explain the continued importance of Tanner's work. Accompanied by an insightful Note on the Text by Austen scholar John Wiltshire, and an expanded Bibliography and Index, this is a timely republication of a study which is now regarded as one of the finest, and most accessible, introductions to a great novelist.

Reissue of a classic text on Jane Austen's novels which is used widely in undergraduate teaching
Features a new contextualizing Preface by Marilyn Gaull and an explanatory Note on the Text by John Wiltshire, both leading scholars in the field
Includes an expanded Bibliography and Index to aid study

Autorentext
TONY TANNER was sometime Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, UK, and Professor of English and American Literature in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhalt
Preface to Reissued Edition; M.Gaull
Note on the Text; J.Wiltshire
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Anger in the Abbey: Northanger Abbey
Secrecy and Sickness: Sense and Sensibility
Knowledge and Opinion: Pride and Prejudice
The Quiet Thing: Mansfield Park
The Match-Maker: Emma
In Between: Persuasion
The Disease of Activity: Sanditon
Bibliography
Index