Emily Auerbach Quote
Eudora Welty singles out for praise Austen's habit of seeing both sides of her own subject - of seeing it indeed in the round. ... Both men and women can be vain about their appearances, selfish about money, overawed by rank, and limited by parochialism; both men and women can function capably, think profoundly, feel deeply, create imaginatively, laugh wittily, and love faithfully. Without vindicating the rights of anyone directly, Austen posits a humanism far ahead of her time. How really modern she is, after all, Welty concludes of Austen.
Emily Auerbach
Eudora Welty singles out for praise Austen's habit of seeing both sides of her own subject - of seeing it indeed in the round. ... Both men and women can be vain about their appearances, selfish about money, overawed by rank, and limited by parochialism; both men and women can function capably, think profoundly, feel deeply, create imaginatively, laugh wittily, and love faithfully. Without vindicating the rights of anyone directly, Austen posits a humanism far ahead of her time. How really modern she is, after all, Welty concludes of Austen.
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