附註:Includes bibliographical references.
How to read Jane Austen -- The concept of propriety -- Propriety as duty to society and self: Sense and sensibility -- Propriety as a test of character: Pride and prejudice -- Propriety and the education of Catherine Morland: Northanger Abbey -- Status, work, and propriety in Mansfield Park -- Egotism and propriety in Emma -- Propriety and the exception individual: Persuasion.
摘要:For Austen, a person's social behavior is the external manifestation of his internal moral character. What is the relationship between the conventionally accepted rules of propriety of Austen's era, and a morally valid standard of social behavior?
