Jane Austen and the Enlightenment
Peter (University of Cape Town) Knox-Shaw
Cambridge University Press, 2004
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In this radical revision of her engagement with the culture and politics of her age, Knox-Shaw argues that Austen was a writer steeped in the Enlightenment, and that her allegiance to a sceptical tradition within it, shaped by figures such as Adam Smith and David Hume, lasted throughout her career.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521843461
- ISBN-10
- 0521843464
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Publication date
- 2004-10-28
- Pages
- 288
- Dimensions
- 229x152x21
- Weight
- 54