What is it about?
The article explores the two endings of Persuasion (1818), emphasizing the relevance of heterotopia for the resolution of the novel. The hotel room, where Wentworth uses the confessional mode to connect to Anne Elliot, is read as heterotopic space that overcomes the rift between the private and the social.
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Why is it important?
It is the first article to argue for Austen's choice of the hotel as a space of democratic action and change. Based on this choice, the article revises earlier readings of the published ending, by giving equal weight to body and verbal language.
Perspectives
The article might interest readers and scholars who relate to Austen's work through a historical as well as a theoretical/philosophical perspective.
Enit Steiner
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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This page is a summary of: Overcoming Perpetual Estrangement in Persuasion’s Heterotopia, Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/ang-2016-0046.
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