Subject Area
Literature
Description
Jane Austen is famous for her heroines and their marriages; at the same time, however, she is also infamous for these same heroines rejecting proposals of marriage. This paper explores how Austen uses the failed marriage proposal to show how women need not fear putting their own happiness first - an idea that is just as radical in our own day and age.
Publisher
Providence College
Date
Fall 2014
Type
Article
Format
Text
Language
English
Included in
Comparative Literature Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Modern Literature Commons, Other English Language and Literature Commons
