So Odd a Mixture : Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'.

By: Bottomer, Phyllis FergusonContributor(s): Attwood, Tony | Attwood, TonyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846426544Subject(s): Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Characters | Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817. -- Pride and prejudice | Autism in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: So Odd a Mixture : Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'DDC classification: 823.7 LOC classification: PR4034.P73 -- F47 2007ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Cover -- So Odd a Mixture: Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice' -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD -- FOREWORD BY EILEEN SUTHERLAND -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Characters, Caricatures and Conversations -- Part One: Background -- 2 Autistic Spectrum Disorders for Janeites -- 3 Pride and Prejudice for Autism Specialists -- Part Two: The Bennet Family -- 4 Mr Collins -- 5 Mary Bennet -- 6 Lydia Bennet -- 7 Mr Bennet -- 8 Mrs Bennet -- Part Three: The Fitzwilliam Family -- 9 Anne De Bourgh -- 10 Lady Catherine De Bourgh -- 11 Fitzwilliam Darcy -- Part Four: Conclusion -- 12 Happily Ever After? -- 13 How Did Austen Know? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary: Autism was not a recognised disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, but there were certainly people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen wrote about them, without knowing what it was that she was describing. So Odd a Mixture looks at characters in Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, who display autistic traits.
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Cover -- So Odd a Mixture: Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice' -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD -- FOREWORD BY EILEEN SUTHERLAND -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Characters, Caricatures and Conversations -- Part One: Background -- 2 Autistic Spectrum Disorders for Janeites -- 3 Pride and Prejudice for Autism Specialists -- Part Two: The Bennet Family -- 4 Mr Collins -- 5 Mary Bennet -- 6 Lydia Bennet -- 7 Mr Bennet -- 8 Mrs Bennet -- Part Three: The Fitzwilliam Family -- 9 Anne De Bourgh -- 10 Lady Catherine De Bourgh -- 11 Fitzwilliam Darcy -- Part Four: Conclusion -- 12 Happily Ever After? -- 13 How Did Austen Know? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Autism was not a recognised disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, but there were certainly people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen wrote about them, without knowing what it was that she was describing. So Odd a Mixture looks at characters in Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, who display autistic traits.

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