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Jane Austen and the Clergy

By: Irene Collins

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Paperback | 1 July 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Jane Austen was the daughter of a clergyman, the sister of two others and the cousin of four more. Her principal acquaintances were clergymen and their families, whose social, intellectual and religious attitudes she shared. Yet while clergymen feature in all her novels, often in major roles, there has been little recognition of their significance. To many readers their status and profession is a mystery, as they appear simply to be a sub-species of gentlemen and never seem to perform any duties. Mr Collins in Pride and prejudice is often regarded as little more than a figure of fun.

Astonishingly, Jane Austen and the Clergy is the first book to demonstrate the importance of Jane Austen's clerical background and to explain the clergy in her novels, whether Mr Tilney in Northanger Abbey, Mr Elton in Emma, or a less prominent character such as Dr Grant in Mansfield Park. In this exceptionally well-written and enjoyable book, Irene Collins draws on a wide knowledge of the literature and history of the period to describe who the clergy were, both in the novels and in life: how they were educated and appointed the houses they lived in and the gardens they designed and cultivated; the women they married; their professional and social context; their income, their duties, their moral outlook and their beliefs. Jane Austen and the Clergy uses the facts of Jane Austen's life and the evidence contained in her letters and novels to give a vivid and convincing portrait of the contemporary clergy.

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"This is a hugely readable book, which will provide the greater possible pleasure to all Janeites and will tell all but the most fanatically learned a good deal they did not know." --The Daily Telegraph

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1800 to 1900 History General & World History

Illustrations
Preface
Jane Austen's Clerical Connections	p. 1
Patronage	p. 19
The Parson's Education	p. 35
The Parson's Income	p. 49
The Parson's Dwelling	p. 61
The Country Parish	p. 85
The Clergy and the Neighbourhood	p. 103
The Parson's Wife	p. 121
Manners and Morals	p. 143
Morals and Society	p. 159
Worship and Belief	p. 179
Appendix	p. 197
Notes	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 231
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