Bücher von Bernard J. Paris

After an eloquent and moving analysis of what he sees as the disillusion of themodern age, Lippmann posits as the central dilemma of liberalism its inability to find an appropriate substitute for the older forms of authority - church, state, class, family, law, custom - that it has denied

Offers an analysis of the protagonists in four of Jane Austen's most popular novels - Mansfield Park, Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. The analysis reveals them to be brilliant mimetic creations who often break free of the formal and thematic limitations placed upon them by Austen.

A study that uses psychology to analyze important characters and to explore the consciousness of the author and the work as a whole. It employs the psychological approach that helps the reader not only to grasp the intricacies of mimetic characterization, but also to make sense of thematic inconsistencies which occur in some of the books.