Jane Austen and Her Predecessors: The Other History of the Novel

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This course focuses on the novels of Jane Austen — from Sense and Sensibility to Persuasion . The course first establishes some familiarity with the earlier women writers of narrative fiction, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the development of the novel and of Austen's place in that rich tradition. Additional readings include work by Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Mary Wollstonecraft.