Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Juvenilia; 2. Lady Susan and Northanger Abbey; 3. Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice; 4. Mansfield Park; 5. Emma; 6. Persuasion; Afterword; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Jane Austen?s six complete novels and her juvenilia are examined in the context of civil society and gender. Steiner?s study uses a variety of contexts to appraise Austen?s work: Scottish Enlightenment theories of societal development, early-Romantic discourses on gender roles, modern sociological theories on the civilizing process
