Click on the links below to find information concerning the life and times of Jane Austen. Please record the information in five out of the six categories. The information should be reported in paragraph form. Your grade will be based on content of material as well as how well your write your paragraphs. Remember strong topic sentences will help focus your writing and the use of transition words and phrases will create greater coherence.
Jane Austen
b. Dec. 16, 1775, Seventeen, Hampshire, Eng.
d. July 18, 1817, Winchester, HampshireEnglish writer who first gave the novel its
distinctly modern character through her
treatment of ordinary people in everyday life.
Austen created the comedy of manners of
middle-class life in the England of her time in
such novels as Sense and Sensibility (1811),
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park
(1814), Emma (1815), and Northanger
Abbey and Persuasion (published
posthumously, 1817).
1) Jane Austen Biography (back ground, family, chronology of her career)
2) Jane Austen's Writing (influences, subject matter, themes, book titles, how they were received)
3) Political Issues of the Romantic Era (unrest in social classes)
4) Education, Women's Education in particular
5) Marriage and Alternatives: The status of women in society
6) Principles of Romanticism
Extra Credit: Clothing Styles of Romantic Era
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