Persuasion, James Austen, and James Thomson
Jane Austen refrains from specifying which poems occur to Anne Elliot on her walk to Winthrop in chapter 10. While she may have had her elder brother James in mind, she also seems to have been sufficiently impressed by James Thomson's poem "Autumn" to reinterpret his image of female p...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Notes and queries 2002-12, Vol.49 (4), p.451-453 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Jane Austen refrains from specifying which poems occur to Anne Elliot on her walk to Winthrop in chapter 10. While she may have had her elder brother James in mind, she also seems to have been sufficiently impressed by James Thomson's poem "Autumn" to reinterpret his image of female perfection, and submit it to the play of some of her most intricate prose. |
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| ISSN: | 0029-3970 1471-6941 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/nq/490451 |