The Oceanic Imaginary within Jane Austen's Novels

Abstract: 

It is intriguing that the ocean is present, implicitly or explicitly, in all of Jane Austen's novels. Depending on gender and social station, the symbolism of the seashore in Jane Austen appears to differ according to separate novelistic contexts to be either a help or a hindrance.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Maggie
Last Name: 
May
Institution: 
University of California, Santa Cruz