| Title | : | Understanding Austen: Key Concepts in the Six Novels |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0709090781 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2012-10-01 |
| Genre | : |
From an acclaimed Austen expert, a study of the author's use of language, for the Austen fan and general reader The acclaimed author of many Jane Austen books turns her attention to the fascinating nuances of Austen's language, and the way it embodies her most profound beliefs about human conduct and character. This book enhances understanding of Austen's moral values through the discussion of key words, investigates changes of meaning, and explains words which may confuse modern readers. It also affords Austen fans who cannot get enough of her writing the pleasure of encountering familiar passages in new contexts. No other author uses abstract nouns as extensively as Jane Austen. Three of her six novels even draw on such words for their titles: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion. Terms like "elegance," "gentility," and "propriety"seem to define her well-ordered, judgemental world. In making the f
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Triple A Blog .Received book free in exchange for an honest review.. These important problems are:
"Intersection problems" (Chapters 5 and 6), "Distance calculations" (Chapter 7),
"Curve/Surface Interrogation" (Chapters 8 and 9), "Computation of Shortest Paths" (Chapter 10), and
"Offset Curves and Surfaces" (Chapter 11).
In each one of the above chapters, the corresponding problem is fully analyzed using tools from advanced
Geometric Modeling, Numerical Methods and Differential Geometry, some of which are new results previously
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