Persuasion (For Further Reading)

For Further Reading

• Brown, Lloyd, W., Bits of Ivory: Narrative Techniques in Jane Austen's Fiction, Louisiana State University Press, 1973.

  Brown presents a penetrating study of how Austen structures the realistic portraits of daily life in her novels.

• Butler, Marilyn, Jane Austen and the War of Ideas, Clarendon Press, 1975.

  This work explores Austen's dominant themes, including an analysis of class consciousness, a central theme in all of her novels.

• Litz, A. Walton, Jane Austen: A Study of Her Artistic Development, Oxford University Press, 1965.

  Walton places Persuasion in Austen's second phase and examines the structure and style of the novel.

• Pinion, F. B., A Jane Austen Companion: A Critical Survey and Reference Book, Macmillan, 1973.

  Pinion presents a comprehensive and useful introduction to the themes and structure of Austen's work.