Matters of fact in Jane Austen history, location, and celebrity /

Barchas, Janine.

Matters of fact in Jane Austen history, location, and celebrity / [electronic resource] : Janine Barchas. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - xiii, 317 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 23 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. “History, real solemn history” in Austen -- “Quite unconnected”: The Wentworths and Lady Susan -- Mapping Northanger Abbey to Find “Old Allen” of Prior Park -- Touring Farleigh Hungerford Castle and Remembering Miss Tilney-Long -- “The celebrated Mr. Evelyn” of the Silva in Burney and Austen -- Hell-Fire Jane: Dashwood Celebrity and Sense and Sensibility -- Persuasion's Battle of the Books: Baronetage versus Navy List.

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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 --Knowledge--History.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 --Knowledge--Geography.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 --Knowledge--Genealogy.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 --Family.

--History--Great Britain--19th century.--History--England--19th century.


England--In literature.

Setting (Literature) Names in literature. Literature and history Literature and society Literature