pride

Jane Austen's
Pride & Prejudice

The following resources will assist you in your exploration of The Scarlet Letter

Reference

Novels for Students (REF 808 NOV Vol. 1)
Each volume of Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians.

Introductory essays that place each novel in its historical and literary context
Easy-to-understand discussions of the novel's themes, plot and characters
Analysis of the novel's literary construction
Age-appropriate critical commentary on the novel's significance for our times
A literary glossary that defines difficult terms
A timeline that juxtaposes literary and world events
Illustrations

Non-fiction

Literary Companion Series - Readings on Jane Austen (823 REA)
Features an in-depth biography of the author, essays, complete with introduction and summation of themes and insights, annotated table of contents, chronology author's life and career as well as concurrent historical events.

Modern Critical Interpretations - Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (823.7 JAN)
Features "The Analysis of Character" by Harold Bloom in addition to a selection of critical essays that provide in-depth analysis of the character, along with a concise character profile that discusses the character's key personality traits and physical characteristics.

Pride & Prejudice : A Study in Artistic Economy (823.7 MOL)
Explorer's Austen's ordered, yet complex moral universe where pride and prejudice hinder the development of relationships among an array of characters. Also explores the author's use of literary language; the revealing idiolects, verbal patterns, and "body language" of the characters and insight into Austen's remarkable technical expertise.

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Online Databases

		Student Resource Center Gold Student Resource Center Gold Offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts

		Scriber's Writers Series Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.

		The Twayne Authors Series Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.

Internet Resources

Austen.com: http://www.austen.com/

Internet Public Library - Jane Austen: http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=aus-35

Jane Austen (1775-1817): http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/%7Ematsuoka/Austen.html

Jane Austen and the War of Ideas, by Marilyn Butler (online book): http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=5WS97mA18P8C&oi=fnd&pg=PA224&dq=%22pride+and+prejudice
%22,+%22jane+austen%22,+literary+criticism&ots=XJKEJDPrJI&sig=bmCwnV5BJ5MW3BzYxElGCoVQcFk

Jane Austen in the 21st Century - Audio Archive: http://www.humanities.wisc.edu/archive/austen/index.html

Jane Austen Information Page: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html

Jane Austen Society of North America: http://www.jasna.org/

Links to Literary Allusions in Jane Austen's Novels and Film Adaptations: http://www.pemberley.com/litcomp/litJA.html

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, edited by Robert P. Irvine (online book): http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mxDLY0qL2mAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA7&dq=%22pride+and+prejudice%22,+%
22jane+austen%22,+literary+criticism&ots=fbFYy-EOFJ&sig=DGeil_kiY0roETHbp6Jf7RfiMUQ#PPP1,M1

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