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Jane Austen [ Art and Literature ]
… (1817) appeals for common cause amongst fellow (mainly female) novelists to ‘not desert one another; we are an injured body. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary … intercourse and recreation in the novels: Ford’s general store in Emma , for example, is ‘the very shop that every body attends every day of their lives’, making it the ideal locus for the exchange of news and gossip (Austen, Emma , …
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Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]
… This involved not only the suppression of one’s true thoughts and feelings, but also ‘strict control of the body and all its movements’, which had especial resonance for writers concerned about the perils of false friendship. 15 …
Antagonism | Civility | Enmity | Falsehood | Friendship | Gender | Politeness | Women
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Solitude [ Feelings & Emotions ]
… As You Like It , who despised the world and wished to leave it behind, preferring amusements for his mind rather than body. 14 There were also accounts of real-life hermits, like the popular relation of Roger Crab. His decision to give up …
Conversation | Emotions | Gender | Melancholy | Politeness | Privacy | Religion
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