Intro; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Cyclical and Linear Space-Time; Space and Time in Austen: A Review of Critical Work; Works Cited; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 2: Changing Seasons: The Cyclical and the Linear; Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer and the Other Years; Seasonal Tables; Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion; The Watsons and Sanditon; Spatiotemporal Structures: An Overview of the Novels in Their Chronological Order; Works Cited; Primary Sources
Secondary SourcesChapter 3: Changing Homes: Transformations in Space and Time; Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion; The Watsons and Sanditon; Connecting Spaces and Thresholds; Doors; Windows; Works Cited; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 4: Spatiotemporal Movement and Psychological Change: Walking and Dancing; Walking; Elizabeth Bennet: Springing and Rambling; Wandering Marianne; (Un)accompanied Emma; Catherine, Anne, Fanny, and Other Occasional Walkers; Dancing; Dancing Space-Time; The Joy of Dancing and Other Emotions
Works CitedPrimary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 5: Conclusion; Work Cited; Index
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This book argues that there are recurrent spatiotemporal patterns and structures in six Jane Austen novels which constitute a source of enduring, if unconscious, pleasure. More precisely, the book contends that there are overlapping natural and cultural cycles which co-exist in a constantly transmuting space-time and which are counterpointed with the linearity of pivotal events that drive the plot forwards. This work examines the psychological relations to these space-time patterns of the characters, principally the heroines, focusing on the transformations of their emotional states which prompt linear leaps.
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Architecture of space-time in the novels of Jane Austen.
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Austen, Jane,1775-1817-- Criticism and interpretation.
Austen, Jane,1775-1817-- Themes, motives.
Austen, Jane,1775-1817.
Space and time in literature.
Women and literature-- England-- History-- 19th century.