So Odd a Mixture: Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice' - Softcover

Bottomer, Phyllis Ferguson

 
9781843104995: So Odd a Mixture: Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1843104997 ISBN 13: 9781843104995
Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Autism was not a recognised disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, nor for well over a century after her death. But there were certainly people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen wrote about them, without knowing what it was that she was describing. 'So Odd a Mixture' looks at eight seemingly diverse characters in Austen's classic novel, 'Pride and Prejudice', who display autistic traits. These characters - five in the Bennet family and three in the extended family of the Fitzwilliams - have fundamental difficulties with communication, empathy and theory of mind. Pride, it seems, may not have been the chief reason for Mr Darcy's awkward behaviour at balls, his frequent silences or the monologue he delivered the first time he proposed to Elizabeth. This fascinating book will provide food-for-thought for students and fans of Austen's classic novel, and for anyone interested in autism spectrum disorders.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer is a speech language pathologist with 30 years' experience who is employed by the North Vancouver School District. She is also a member and guest speaker of the Jane Austen Society of North America so has a unique dual knowledge of both Austen and the autistic spectrum.

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Verlag
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1843104997
ISBN 13 
9781843104995
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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