Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Jane Austen"
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The displacement of parody in six adaptations of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
(2013-01-21)In this thesis, I discuss the influence of the contemporary cultural climate on six Pride and Prejudice adaptations. Specifically, I look at how the parody present in Austen’s novel is displaced and applied to new targets ... -
Heaven defend me from being ungrateful! : gender and colonialism in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park
(2006-03-29)Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park has earned a reputation as a difficult text for its politically-charged negotiations of ethics and unsatisfactory heroine. Since Edward Said presented the novel as an example of British ... -
"Posture of reclining weakness": Disability and the Courtship Narratives of Jane Austen's Novels
(2007-04-23)For years critics have noticed how Jane Austen uses “a cold, a sore throat, a sprained ankle, or some other minor affliction” (Watson 336) to further the plots of her novels. Although the recurring motif of illness appears ...