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Author:

Michaelson, Patricia Howell, 1954-

Title:

Speaking volumes : women, reading, and speech in the age of Austen / Patricia Howell Michaelson.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xiv, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Austen, Jane,--1775-1817--Criticism and interpretation.
Austen, Jane,--1775-1817--Contemporaries.
English fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Women--History--England--History--19th century.
Women--History--England--History--18th century.
Women and literature--England--History--19th century.
Women and literature--England--History--18th century.
Language and languages--Sex differences.
Language and culture--England.
Oral interpretation--History.
Reader-response criticism.
Speech in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-253) and index.

Contents:

Women and language in the eighteenth century -- Polite and plain language; or, Amelia Opie "quakerized" -- Acting, text, and correct display: Sarah Siddons to Fanny Price -- Reading and domesticity among the Burneys and other families -- Reading Austen, practicing speech.

ISBN:

9780804740753 (alk. paper)
0804740755 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47892569

LCCN:

2001048428

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)