Jane Austen and the Morality of Conversation
New York: Anthem Press, 2003.
Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 303pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
This important 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.(Publisher). Very good. Item #6557
Price: $15.00