Jane Austen's Names :

Doody, Margaret.

Jane Austen's Names : Riddles, Persons, Places. - 1 online resource (451 pages)

Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts -- Part I. England -- Chapter 1. Words, Names, Persons, and Places -- Chapter 2. Names as History: Invasion, Migration, War, and Conflict -- Chapter 3. Civil War, Ruins, and the Conscience of the Rich -- Part II. Names -- Chapter 4. Naming People: First Names, Nicknames, Titles, and Rank -- Chapter 5. Titles, Status, and Surnames: Austen's Great Surname Matrix -- Chapter 6. Personal Names (First Names and Surnames) in the "Steventon" Novels -- Chapter 7. Personal Names in the "Chawton" Novels -- Part III . Places -- Chapter 8. Humans Making and Naming a Landscape -- Chapter 9. Placing the Places -- Chapter 10. Counties, Towns, Villages, Estates: Real and Imaginary Places in the "Steventon" Novels -- Chapter 11. Real and Imaginary Places in the "Chawton" Novels -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.


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Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Language.
Names in literature.
Names, Geographical, in literature.
Names, Personal, in literature.

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