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Making it in a brave new world: marriage, profession, and anti-romantic ekstasis in Austen's 'Persuasion.' (Jane Austen) (The Romantic Novel)

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From: Studies in the Novel
Date: 19940622
Author:Rzepka, Charles J.

Nurse Rooke in Jane Austen's 'Persuasion' serves as the author's self-portrait and as Austen's role model for contemporary single women. Admiral Croft's wife, who seems to be her husband's equal partner, has frequently been interpreted as Jane Austen's portrayal of the ideal woman and the Croft marriage as the ideal marriage. However, Austen's novel includes details that suggest that the marriage of Anne Elliot, who admires the Crofts, and Frederick Wentworth will be very different. Austen is unique among Romantic writers in her concerns with contemporary socio-political issues. Her ...

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