The Religious Dimension of Jane Austen's Novels (Nineteenth-Century Studies)

Part I: The case for a traditional religious interpretation
Basic considerations
Complex awareness: its importance and limitations
Elinor Dashwood and the question of motivation
The theme of perfection in Emma
The importance of charity
Part II: The case for a modern religious interpretation
The wasteland
The role on contingency in Mansfield Park
The possibility of hope
The question of the self and its fulfillment: Persuasion