Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Gălbează), Jane Austen’s Dark Side: “Northanger Abbey”, București, Editura Universitară, 2021, 176p
Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Gălbează), Jane Austen’s Dark Side: “Northanger Abbey”, București, Editura Universitară, 2021, 176p

Summary/Abstract: Jane Austen’s Dark Side: Northanger Abbey makes a significant contribution to the research focused on Jane Austen’s life and literary work, as it thoroughly reexamines intriguing elements, such as the novel’s dark dimensions, the Gothic (parodic) influences, and the skillful social satire permeating her posthumous novel, Northanger Abbey. In her study, Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Galbeaza) tackles the thematic depth and dark subtext lurking beneath an apparently sturdy, sensible and well-structured world, bringing to surface troubling collective mentalities. She reveals that behind the traditional veil of Austen as a writer of genteel rural stories, lies a master of subtle social criticism and an investigator of the elusive nature of reality.

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