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  • Influencer of Estates: Wome...
    Gupta, Radhika

    Journal of comparative literature & aesthetics, 06/2023, Letnik: 46, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    This paper studies the heroines' interactions with Austen's much-famed houses. The common trope in all the novels where the heroine is transferred from a mismanaged household (marked by absent / failed fathers) to a well-patronised one (extension of the idealised hero) is reinvestigated to understand the role of women in recreating these great houses by focussing on the conclusions of the novels. The women, ultimately, become the influencers of these estates (already carrying very modern connotations). Applying Doreen Massey's threefold criteria to define space -interrelationality, multiplicity, and openness--the shifting nature of the domestic spaces of Austen's fiction can be recognised. In all of Austen's fiction, even in the end, the narrative does not end with static stability; it is a conclusion achieved out of constant movement, alteration, and improvement of spaces undertaken by the heroines--which only reaches its pinnacle in Persuasion. Keywords: Domestic Estates, Feminist Studies, Jane Austen, Spatial Studies, Women's Movement