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CONTENTS
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE ................................................................................ 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................. 11
FOREWORD ................................................................................................... 13
INTRODUCTION
CARING FOR THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE ........................................................ 31
PART ONE
THE MORAL JANE AUSTEN .................................................................. 47
CHAPTER ONE
THE WRITER AND HER AGE .......................................................................... 49
CHAPTER TWO
GEORGIAN ETHICS AND WOMEN’S NOVEL WRITING .................................... 70
CHAPTER THREE
LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND MORALS ..................................................... 84
CHAPTER FOUR
LITERATURE AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION ................................................. 100
PART TWO
THE MULTIPLE IMAGES OF THE MORAL WRITER ...................... 119
CHAPTER FIVE
BECOMING ENGLAND’S JANE ...................................................................... 121
CHAPTER SIX
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE –THE SCEPTICAL ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE WRITER ...... 139
CHAPTER SEVEN
JANE AUSTEN: FEMININE, FEMINIST, OR ANTI-FEMINIST? .......................... 153
CHAPTER EIGHT
A PERSONAL, FEMININE READING OF EMMA ............................................... 173
CHAPTER NINE
A POSTCOLONIAL MAPPING OF MANSFIELD PARK ....................................... 189
CONCLUSIONS
THE MORAL WRITER RECONSIDERED ......................................................... 205
ANNEXES .................................................................................................... 213
WORKS CITED ............................................................................................. 221