PaigeDame

MsGardner
English10Honors
21October2015
OutsideReadingAssignment:AnnotatedBibliography
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"JaneAusten."
BiographyandWorks.SearchTexts,ReadOnline.Discuss.
N.p.,2000.Web.08
Nov.2015.

TheauthorofthisarticleexpressesthatJaneAustenwrotefromtheheartforshehasbeenthe
recipientofloveonceormanytimesthroughtheloveofaprotectiveoldersisterbutherprivate
mattersconsideringtheheartwillneverbeknown.ThearticlealsoinformsthereaderthatJane
Austencamefromanimpoverishedfamily.Shelearnedmostofwhatsheknewfromherfather
andshereceivedlittleoutsideeducationeventhoughherfamilywantedthatforher.Herfather
lovedherandsacrificedhistimetoteachherandtheauthormakesthereaderknowthatloveof
herfamilywasenoughtoinspirethesenovels.

ThisarticlewasadescriptivetimelineofJaneAusten'slife,andtheresearchwasextensiveand
filledthereaderwithanabundanceofknowledge.Eachlinecaptivatedthereaderandfilledthem
ofwonderofJaneAusten'slife.AsIreadthisarticleIrealizedthatherstoriesoflovecaptivate
thousandsofpeopleandchangetheirperspectiveonlife.ForexampleCathrinefoundfriendship

andloveinasingletriptoNorthangerandtheseromanticidealsseemeddistant.However,she
foundloveineverydirectionsheturned,justasJaneAustendid.

"MentalHealth:DelusionalDisorder."
WebMD
.WebMD,n.d.Web.06Nov.2015.

ThisArticleMentalHealth:DelusionalDisorderinformsthereaderoftheseriouseffectsof
delusionaldisorder.Ahighlyfunctionalpersoncanhavedelusionaldisorderandyoucouldvery
wellknowsomeonewhodoes,eventhoughthisparticularmentalillnessisquiterare.Thearticle
touchesonthefactthatthesedelusionscouldverywellhappeninreallifebecausethismental
illnessisnotinfluencingpeopletobelieveintheimpossibleitismerelystrayingtheirmindfrom
reality.Peoplecanbecomedeludedinmanydifferentwayssuchasbelievingtheyhavea
medicalproblem,aphysicaldefect,fearofharmcominguponthemortheirlovedones,an
unfaithfullove,alossofidentity,orlastlythattheyhavereceivedtheaffectionofafamousor
unattainableperson.Allofthesedelusionsareseriousandpeoplemayneverknowthattheyare
sufferingfromthesedelusionsuntiltherelivesareinterruptedbytheeffects.

Thisarticleontheeffectsofdelusiondisorderisopenforthepublictoenhancetheir
understandingorallowthemtoacquireknowledge.Thisarticleiscoloredwithafulfilling
amountofmedicaljargonanditleavesthereaderengagedwithoutbeinghungupoverthe
languagegymnasticsofthemedicalfield.Thispublicmedicalresearchallowsanycurious
persontoincreasetheirknowledgeofthismentalillnesswhereonecanbecomedeludedlike

Catherinein
NorthangerAbbey
.Catherine'smindwassoenvelopedinbooksthatshebeganto
fearforthesafetyofherselfandtheTilneys.Catherinein
NorthangerAbbey
showsthateventhe
mostlevelheadedpersonweknowcouldbeaffectedbymentalissuesandfeedonalifeof
fiction.

"NorthangerAbbeyEssayNorthangerAbbey,JaneAusten"
NorthangerAbbeyEssay
NorthangerAbbey,JaneAusten
.N.p.,n.d.Web.08Nov.2015.

Inthisarticleitcompletelydemolishes
NorthangerAbbey
andhighlightsitsfaults.Theauthor
expresseshis/herdisappointmentinJaneAusten'sandherwritinginthisearlyliterarywork.The
reasonsforthisshamelesshostilitytowards
NorthangerAbbey
isduetotheunoriginalityofthe
characters,plot,andthemes.TheAuthorbelievesthat
NorthangerAbbey
wasaparodyofmany
othersGothicnovelsandrefutesthatitcanstandonitsowntwofeetasarespectednoveland
impliesthat
NorthangerAbbe
yisstillreadtodayonlybecauseofJaneAusten'spopularityand
herotherfamousnovels.

AfterreadingthisbiasedyetcomprehensiveandwelldevelopedarticleIrealizedthattheauthor
doesmakesomegoodpointsabout
NorthangerAbbey
anditslackingbecauseitisbasedupon
otherauthorswork.EventhoughAustensinspirationforthisnovelisinfluencedbyother
literaryworksshestilldrawsthereaderin,otherthanherpopularityasawriter.Thebooksparks
thecuriosityofayoungmindandcausethereadertoquestioncuriosity.Isithonorableorisita

downfall?EventhoughIdisagreewiththisarticleIfinditimportanttoreadtofurtherunderstand
thedifferentopinionsandreviewsonanovelandmakeacleardecisionformyselfwhatcreates
excellentliteratureworthyofourtime.

"JaneAustenBibliography."A&ENetworksTelevision,n.d.Web.21Oct.2015.

ThisbiographyinformsthereaderthatJaneAustencomesfromahumbleimpoverishedfamily,
andeventhoughherfamilylackedinwealthherparentswereeducatedandencouragedtheir
childrentovigorouslytakepartinaformaleducationaslongastheywerecapableofproviding
it.ItdescribedthetimewhenAusten'sfather,GeorgeAusten,retiredthattherestofhisfamily
joinedhiminBath.AfterhepassedAustenandhersistercouldneveracquireapermanent
livingsituation.ThebibliographynotesthatuntilherpassingAusten'swritingwasnever
appreciatedtoitsfullest,butshewasstillencouragedbyherfamilytopursuewriting.Through
thisencouragementAustenbecamethecriticallyacclaimedwritersheistoday.

ThebibliographyisimportantwhenwantingtounderstandJaneAusten,herfamily'swealth,her
loveforliterature,andthetrialsshewentthrough.Afterreadingthisfactualevidenceitbecomes
apparenttothereaderthatsheleavesapieceofherselfinhernovels,aclearrepresentationof
whoJaneAustenis.Inthecaseof
NorthangerAbbey
sherevealspartofherselfinCatherinean
romanticallytroubledgirlthatcamefromapoorfamily,giventheopportunitytovisitBathjust
asAustenhadwhenherfatherretired.AsAustenlivedthroughhernovelssheexpressed

parallelswithherlifeandcharactersthisisveryimportanttoknowbecauseithelpsthereader
broadentheirunderstandingofJaneAustenandherbooks.

Whitecotton,Sara."FeminisminAusten
sNorthangerAbbeyArtifactsJournalUniversityof
Missouri."
ArtifactsJournalRSS
.N.p.,n.d.Web.08Nov.2015.

SaraWhitecottoncommendsJaneAustenforexpressingherunpopularbeliefthatwomendidn't
havetofallintothesocialnormsoftheirElizabethansociety.Whitecottonexpressedasimilar
opiniononthiscontroversialissuein
NorthangerAbbey.
Bothagreethatwomenduringthis
timehadthepotentialtodoanythingandtherepurposeinlifewasnttoconvincearichmanto
marrythem:theycouldbeintellectuallyfulfilledandbecomesomeonethatdoesn'tfallintothese
conformities.WhitecottoniselatedwithAusten'ssubtlefeministicapproachtothisneglected
issueandtheyshare.AustencreatedinthecharacterCathrineanunconventionalheroinethat
establishedacalltoactionagainstoppressionandencouragedabeliefofwhatawomenshould
beduringthistime.

Whitecottonpresentedherbeliefsinuncloudedconcisechoiceofwords.Shelayersherbelief
withevidencefrom
NorthangerAbbey
toprovethisisabookofchangeanditgives
encouragementthatwomentheyaremuchmorethanwhatpopularcultureofthetimetoldthem.
Thisarticleenhancesone'sunderstandingofAustenandherpurposeof
NorthangerAbbey
.Not
onlydidAustenfillpeople'sliveswithjoybutshehintsthatwomenhavethepotentialnotbe

manipulatedintobecomingtheworld'sideal,butpursuingintelligenceandanuncharted
future.

Wright,BenH."NorthangerAbbeyAnAnalysisofJaneAusten'sGothicParody."
Ezine
Articles
.
N.p.,n.d.Web.6Nov.2015.

BenWrighttheAuthorofthiscitedarticledisplaysacertaindistastefor
NorthangerAbbey
even
thoughhedoesnotdirectlydisapproveofit.Inhiswritingthereisalightnoteofdisdain
poisonedwithhispenduetoJaneAusten'smanyallusionstoothergothicnovels.Wrighthints
thatAustenreliesonotherauthorsinsteadofcreatingauniquenessinhercharacters.Even
thoughhebelieveshercharactersareunderdevelopedandnotflushedoutheremarksoftenon
thesofficticationofAustensabilitytodevelopherownstoryaroundothersworks.

Wright'sarticleestablishesanegativeyetinformativesideabout
NorthangerAbbey
,when
consideringlettingthisgothicnovelintoyourlife.Wright'sarticleisclearlywrittenandprovides
informationthatisbeneficialtothereader.ItisimportanttounderstandingthatAutsenexpects
thereadertobewellversedothergothicnovels,suchasthe
TheMysteriesofUdolph
o.Thisidea
isabitoffputtingtonoviceliterariansinterestedinAusten'swork.Wright'sdiscretearguments
aregoodtoconsiderwhenfaceduponthedecisiontoread
NorthangerAbbey
.EventhoughI

personallynotbelieveinwhatWrightisarguinghedoescasegoodpointthatonemustconsider
beforeorafterdivingintoAusten'scontroversialnovel.