Language of Jane Austen (Routledge Revivals) Victoria Dolby All aspects of the field

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Language of Jane Austen (Routledge Revivals) Victoria Dolby All aspects of the fieldFirst published in 1972, Norman Pages seminal study of The Language of Jane Austenseeks to demonstrate both the exceptional nature and the degree of subtlety of Jane Austens use of language. As well as examining the staple items of her vocabulary and some of the characteristic patterns of her syntax, attention is paid to her use of dialogue and of the letter form. The aim of the study is not simply to analyse linguistic qualities for their own sake