Comic Resolution, Humorous Loose Ends in Austen's Novels

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dc.contributor.authorBurns, Margie
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-25T18:58:42Z
dc.date.available2019-11-25T18:58:42Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractJane Austen's masterful control of tone camouflages the situation of the fictional characters at the end of her novels. At the end of Sense and Sensibility, Marianne Dashwood may share responsibility for her new husband's late lover's daughter and the daughter's own infant, born out of wedlock. At the end of Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland will become a sister-in-law to Captain Frederick Tilney, whom she has criticized. At the end of Mansfield Park, Fanny Price will become sister-in-law to both the Bertram sisters, including Maria Bertram. At the end of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet becomes a sister-in-law to the Bingley sisters and a cousin by marriage of Lady Catherine's daughter, who was supposed to marry Darcy herself. And in Persuasion, Anne Elliott may be replaced at Kellynch Hall by Mrs. Clay. Yet anomalies in the endings are hardly allowed to interfere with their comic resolution.en_US
dc.format.extent5 pagesen_US
dc.genreJournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2bjhq-ziyk
dc.identifier.citationBurns, Margie. "Comic Resolution, Humorous Loose Ends in Austen’s Novels." Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal no 33 (2011).en_US
dc.identifier.issn0821-0314
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/16524
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJane Austen Society of North Americaen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectJane Austenen_US
dc.subjectBritish novelsen_US
dc.subjectendingsen_US
dc.subjectcomic resolutionen_US
dc.subjectfictional charactersen_US
dc.subjectSense and Sensibilityen_US
dc.subjectPride and Prejudiceen_US
dc.titleComic Resolution, Humorous Loose Ends in Austen's Novelsen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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