The Civilized Imagination: A Study of Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott PDF
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The civilized imagination The civilized imagination A study of Ann Raddiffe, Jane Austen, and Sir Walter Scott DANIEL COTTOM Wayne State University The right of the University of Cambridge to print and sell all manner of books was granted by Henry VIII in 1534. The University has printed and published continuously since 1584. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge London New York New Rochelle Melbourne Sydney For my mother and father CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521110976 © Cambridge University Press 1985 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1985 This digitally printed version 2009 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Cottom, Daniel. The civilized imagination. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism. 2. Aesthetics in literature. 3. Perception in literature. 4. Social classes in literature. 5. Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823-Aesthetics. 6. Austen, Jane, 1775-1817-Aesthetics. 7. Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832-Aesthetics. I. Title. PR778.A38C68 1985 823'.7'09 84-17002 ISBN 978-0-521-30172-5 hardback ISBN 978-0-521-11097-6 paperback Contents Acknowledgments page vii Abbreviations viii i Introduction: Of taste and the civilized imagination i Part I Ann Radcliffe The figure in the landscape 35 The labyrinth of decorum 51 Part II Jane Austen 4 The control of meaning 71 5 Attachments and supplantments 88 6 Reading the word of nature 106 Part III Sir Walter Scott 7 Blind roads 127 8 Superstition and the enchanted reader 148 9 Violence and law 171 10 Conclusion 193 Notes 203 Index 225 Acknowledgments I would like to express my appreciation to my colleagues Nancy Armstrong, Charles Baxter, Michael Bell, John Franzosa, and Ross Pudaloff, whose comments about various parts of this work have been of great value to me. Special thanks are due to Leonard Tennenhouse; the generosity of his encouragement and criticism have made this book far better than it would have been without his aid. I also would like to thank the editors of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Novel, ELH, and Studies in Romanticism, where the original versions of chapters one, five, eight, and nine first ap- peared. vn Abbreviations Works of Ann Radcliffe CAD The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne I The Italian J A Journey MU The Mysteries of Udolpho RF The Romance of the Forest SR A Sicilian Romance Works of Jane Austen E Emma L Letters MP Mansfield Park NA Northanger Abbey P Persuasion PP Pride and Prejudice SS Sense and Sensibility Works of Walter Scott Ab The Abbott AG Anne of Geierstein An The Antiquary B The Betrothed BD The Black Dwarf BL The Bride of Lammermoor CD Castle Dangerous CRP Count Robert of Paris FMP The Fair Maid of Perth Vlll Abbreviations Works of Walter Scott (cont.) FN The Fortunes of Nigel GM Guy Mannering HM The Heart of Midlothian I Ivanhoe K. Kenil worth LM The Legend of Montrose M The Monastery OM Old Mortality P The Pirate PP Peveril of the Peak QD Quentin Durward R Redgauntlet RR Rob Roy SD The Surgeon's Daughter SRW St. Ronan's Well Wa Waverley Wo Woodstock IX
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