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  1. Jane Austen's narrative techniques
    a stylistic and pragmatic analysis
    Published: ©2009
    Publisher:  Ashgate, Farnham, England

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780754693130; 0754693139; 9780754666073; 0754666077
    Subjects: Austen, Jane; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Fiction / Technique; Narration (Rhetoric); Technique; Women and literature; Geschichte; Narration (Rhetoric); Women and literature; Fiction; Erzähltechnik; Roman
    Other subjects: Austen, Jane / 1775-1817; Austen, Jane (1775-1817); Austen, Jane (1775-1817); Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (163 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-159) and index

    Jane Austen's narrators -- The development of Jane Austen's narrative techniques -- Narrative opacity in Mansfield Park -- Jane Austen's dialogue -- Jane Austen's novels as conversational machines -- Winning the war of conversation in Emma

    Examining a wide range of Austen texts, from her unpublished works through masterpieces like Mansfield Park and Emma, Morini combines linguistic theory, especially pragmatics, with literary interpretation and appreciation to trace the creation and development of Austen's narrative techniques. He discusses familiar Austen themes, shedding fresh light on the question of point of view in Austen and on Austen's much-admired brilliance in creating lively and plausible dialogue