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Georgia Southern University
Portraits of Progress: The Rise of Realism in Jane Austen's Clergy
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis work examines the development of Austen's characterization of the clergy. It uses examples of three prominent clerical types: Henry Tilney, too good to be true ; William Collins, too ridiculous to be believable ; and Edmund Bertram, realistic because he is both flawed and virtuous. Utilizing critical sources from the last sixty years, this thesis demonstrates that previous scholars have overlooked the idea that the development of Austen's clerical characters can be used to chart Austen's progress as a writer. As such, this thesis fills in where other scholars have left off.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts in English (M.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis (open access)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Literature and Philosophy
- Year dc:date.available
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Cason, Rachel Elizabeth
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dustin Anderson
- Joe Pellegrino
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/187
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1187