Feminism in the Novels of Jane Austen

Ashok Kumar Priydarshi

Ashok Kumar Priydarshi (Eng.) Vidya Publications, Patna. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5862-501X

Abstract

Jane Austen’s genius was not recognized either by her contemperaries or even by her successors. But about 1890 the tide of appreciation and popularity markedly turned in favour and correspondingly, against her contemporary, Sir Walter Scott. She always strives in her art to remain full conscious of her responsibility to life as an artist. She is known as the last blossom of the 18th century. She has six novels to her credit-‘Sense and Sensibility’, ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Mansfield Park, ‘Emma’, ‘Northanger Abbey’ and ‘Persuasion’. Though she created her stories in her above-mentioned novels more than 200 years ago, her novels were forerunners of feminism. According to a critic, “Jane Austen was a published female novelist, who wrote under her own name, which can be seen as an important feminist quality”.

How to cite this article: Priydarshi AK. Feminism in the Novels of Jane Austen. Int J Adv Res Peace Harm Edu 2019; 4: 7-9.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.9326.201902

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