All Things Austen.All Things Austen Kirstin Olsen Greenwood Press PO Box 5007, Westport, CT 0688105007 0313330328 $149.95 1-800-225-5800 www.greenwood.com Any college-level student studying Jane Austin's fiction will find ALL THINGS AUSTEN: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUSTEN'S WORLD an essential reference, packing in over 150 entries about the objects mentioned in her novels, the social mores mores (môr`āz), concept developed by William Graham Sumner to designate those folkways that if violated, result in extreme punishment. The term comes from the Latin mos (customs), and although mores are fewer in number than folkways, they are more coercive. of her times, and the history of her era. Divided into two volumes for quicker reference and handling, these are far more than just brief listings: from clothing to dance and its importance in social functions and courtship, ALL THINGS AUSTEN is packed with period references. A fabulously detailed specialty reference. Diane C. Donovan West Coast Editor |
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