Consequence and Consequences in Jane Austen

This reading of Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park suggests that the semantic framework of the novels is provided by the contrast between two meanings of the word consequence, the archaic meaning of social or emotional importance and the common and garden meaning of effect of a cause. It also su...

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Main Author: Jean-Jacques Lecercle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAES 2020-11-01
Series:Angles
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/angles/2373