A "Sweet Face as White as Death": Jane Austen and the Politics of Female Sensibility

The death of women and how their deaths serve the community that gathers around to encourage them while they slowly dwindle away or die with precipitous finality is examined in light of Jane Austen's female characters. Austen's early works are especially striking in their refusal to erotic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Novel : a forum on fiction 1989-01, Vol.22 (2), p.159-174
1. Verfasser:	Johnson, Claudia L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	19th century Anonymous writers. Authors Austen, Jane (1775-1817) British & Irish literature Children Conservatism Death Death & dying Deaths English literature English speaking literatures Females French speaking and English speaking literatures Gender equality Great Britain. Ireland History and sciences of litterature History of literature Literary criticism Men Politics Sentimentality Suicide Sympathy Women Womens rights Womens studies
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Zusammenfassung:	The death of women and how their deaths serve the community that gathers around to encourage them while they slowly dwindle away or die with precipitous finality is examined in light of Jane Austen's female characters. Austen's early works are especially striking in their refusal to eroticize female inanition.
ISSN:	0029-5132 1945-8509
DOI:	10.2307/1345801