Sheryl Craig & Kenneth A. Loparo 
Jane Austen and the State of the Nation 

Jane Austen and the State of the Nation explores Jane Austen’s references to politics and to political economics and concludes that Austen was a liberal Tory who remained consistent in her political agenda throughout her career as a novelist. Read with this historical background, Austen’s books emerge as state-of-the-nation or political novels.

Tabella dei contenuti

List of Illustrations

Chronology of Jane Austen and Economics

Introduction

1. The Juvenilia: A Liberal Conservative

2. Sense and Sensibility: Poor Law Reform

3. Pride and Prejudice: The Speenhamland System

4. Northanger Abbey: The Restriction Act

5. Mansfield Park: The Condition of England

6. Emma: William Pitt ‘ ‘s Utopia

7. Persuasion: The Post-Waterloo Crash

8. Sanditon: A Political Novel

Bibliography

Index

Circa l’autore

Sheryl Craig is an Austen scholar with a Ph D in nineteenth-century British literature from the University of Kansas. She has published dozens of articles on Jane Austen and has lectured on Austen at regional, national, and international meetings and conferences.