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I, Jane Austen: a re-creation in rime royal based on the letters of Jane Austen, her novels and the comments of her biographers.
- Title
- I, Jane Austen: a re-creation in rime royal based on the letters of Jane Austen, her novels and the comments of her biographers.
- Author
- Corringham, Mary, 1906-1990
- Publication
- London, Routledge and K. Paul, 1971.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR6053.O77 I2 1971 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Description
- [11], 84 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry
- poetry.
- Rhyme royal.
- Biographical poetry.
- Iambic poetry.
- Poetry.
- Poésie biographique.
- Poésie iambique.
- Poésie.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 83-84.
- Contents
- I: By way of introduction -- Daring to be an authoress -- Letters are made of simpler stuff -- Sharing life's little things with a loved sister -- II: Tom Lefroy and his white coat -- Was my heart broken? -- Spirited young men and their ways -- Such disappointments never kill -- III. Marrying for love and marrying without it -- The single woman -- Will perfection come our way? -- An appetite for enjoyment -- IV. Pleasures of dancing -- One's consequence varies -- An infusion of shrewishness -- Man's heart unaffected by costly clothes -- V. Looking nice -- Caps useful and caps for fun -- Fruit, flowers and flat-heeled shoes -- All colours and white -- VI. Eating and drinking -- Sponge cake and Stilton cheese -- Mead and Madeira -- Pride and Prejudice and pickled cucumber -- VII. Allowed to read what books I chose -- The boundless pleasure of novels -- Some favourite authors -- Poetry and a torn petticoat -- VIII. Beginning to write -- Sendups of silly novels and scenes from plays -- The fate of 'First Impressions' -- 'And so to Bath' -- IX. Lyme and the cobb -- Lord Tennyson and Louisa Musgrove -- Lord Byron and the sea -- Alas! Mrs. Lefroy ... -- X. The loss of brother Edward's wife -- What use are children? -- The charms of Chawton Cottage -- A warning door -- XI: Revising my old novels -- 'S. and S.' enriches me by £140 -- 'P. and P.' sent down from London -- Brother Henry praises 'M.P.' -- XII. My Emma published -- The Prince Regent's librarian at Carlton House -- Emma dedicated to H.R.H. -- Divers opinions of Emma -- XIII. Invited to take a clergyman as theme -- Confess myself unequal to the task -- Likewise to that of furnishing a historical romance -- XIV. Persuasion finished, Northanger Abbey regained, Sanditon laid aside -- I leave home for ever -- The final parting of the ways -- XV. Some compliments and criticisms -- D.H. Lawrence and a sever-letter word -- My cheerful world is here for all to share.
- ISBN
- 0710071027
- 9780710071026
- 0170071027 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 71872136
- OCLC
- ocm00221445
- 221445
- SCSB-967155
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library