Jane Austen among Women

Deborah Kaplan is associate professor of English at George Mason University.

Kaplan builds a convincing picture of Austen's own women's culture, and her mode of argument is unusually vivid, subtle, and sesnitive.—Times Literary Supplement

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Divided Loyalties Chapter 1. Genteel Domesticity Chapter 2. Compliant WomenChapter 3. The Women's Culture Part II: Portraits of the Woman WriterChapter 4. Circles of SupportChapter 5. Assuming SpinsterhoodPart III: Representing Two CulturesChapter 6. The Juvenilia: Convenient Ambiguities Chapter 7. The "Middle" Fictions: Visible ConflictsChapter 8. Pride and Prejudice: Cultural Duality and Feminist Literary Criticism NotesIndex