Jane Austens six complete novels and her juvenilia are examined in the context of civil society and gender. Steiners study uses a variety of contexts to appraise Austens work: Scottish Enlightenment theories of societal development, early-Romantic discourses on gender roles, modern sociological theories on the civilizing process.
Jane Austens six complete novels and her juvenilia are examined in the context of civil society and gender. Steiners study uses a variety of contexts to appraise Austens work: Scottish Enlightenment theories of societal development, early-Romantic discourses on gender roles, modern sociological theories on the civilizing process.