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- catalog abstract ""During the eighteenth century, the activity of conversation was repeatedly portrayed as a morally improving and socially cohesive activity. By the time Jane Austen was writing in the early nineteenth century, however, speakers and writers could not always work with such confidence. Many worried that manners were being eroded into mannerisms, many more were becoming conscious that their speech was fraught with the potential for deceit and misunderstanding." "This important new study investigates how Austen worked with, and played upon, the cracks and faultlines which time had uncovered in the ideals of polite conversation. In a wide-ranging argument, combining intellectual history and literary stylistics, Bharat Tandon explores such activities as flirtation and ventriloquism, in order to show how a form of conversational morality is what Austen's novels both describe and set out to achieve. At the same time, he surveys readers' reactions to Austen, from the nineteenth century to the present day, in order to investigate the possibilities and limitations of ethical criticism."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12965937.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""During the eighteenth century, the activity of conversation was repeatedly portrayed as a morally improving and socially cohesive activity. By the time Jane Austen was writing in the early nineteenth century, however, speakers and writers could not always work with such confidence. Many worried that manners were being eroded into mannerisms, many more were becoming conscious that their speech was fraught with the potential for deceit and misunderstanding." "This important new study investigates how Austen worked with, and played upon, the cracks and faultlines which time had uncovered in the ideals of polite conversation. In a wide-ranging argument, combining intellectual history and literary stylistics, Bharat Tandon explores such activities as flirtation and ventriloquism, in order to show how a form of conversational morality is what Austen's novels both describe and set out to achieve. At the same time, he surveys readers' reactions to Austen, from the nineteenth century to the present day, in order to investigate the possibilities and limitations of ethical criticism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-295) and index.".
- catalog description "The morality of conversation -- Interlude, differential narrative : Austen's early fiction -- Flirting -- Throwing the voice -- Habit and habitation.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 303 p., [4] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "1843311011".
- catalog identifier "184331102X (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Anthem nineteenth century studies".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Anthem,".
- catalog subject "823/.7 22".
- catalog subject "Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Conversation in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and morals History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "PR4038.C575 T36 2003".
- catalog subject "Social ethics in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The morality of conversation -- Interlude, differential narrative : Austen's early fiction -- Flirting -- Throwing the voice -- Habit and habitation.".
- catalog title "Jane Austen and the morality of conversation / Bharat Tandon.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".