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Author Michaelson, Patricia Howell, 1954-

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

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.

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 Moore Stacks  PR868.W6 M53 2002    Available  ---
Description xiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- Women authors.
Women -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Women -- Books and reading.
England.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Women -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Women and literature.
Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Criticism and interpretation.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Contemporaries.
Contemporaries.
Language and languages -- Sex differences.
Language and languages -- Sex differences.
Language and culture -- England.
Language and culture.
Oral interpretation -- History.
Oral interpretation.
Reader-response criticism.
Reader-response criticism.
Speech in literature.
Speech in literature.
Femmes -- Angleterre -- Langage -- Histoire.
Langage et langues -- Différences entre sexes.
Femmes -- Livres et lecture -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
Femmes -- Livres et lecture -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Femmes et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
Femmes et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Langage et culture -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
Langage et culture -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Lecture publique (Littérature) -- Angleterre -- Histoire.
Women.
Womyn.
ISBN 0804740755 alkaline paper