Nature and Art

Nature and Art is the second novel written by English actress, playwright, and novelist Elizabeth Inchbald.[1] First published in 1796, Inchbald’s two-volume novel considers the influence of education, social conventions, gender conditioning, and privilege on human behavior.[2]

Nature and Art tells the story of two brothers, William and Henry Norwynne, as well as their sons, also named William and Henry.

Considered a Jacobin novel, Nature and Art traces the connections between the character's personal experiences and larger structures of institutional oppression.[3] Notably, Nature and Art is an early example of a Romantic era novel with a title of paired opposites, like to the later novel Sense and Sensibility (1811) by Jane Austen.

References

  1. ↑ Spencer, Jane (2004). "Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  2. ↑ Inchbald, Elizabeth (2005). Nature and Art. Ontario: Broadview. ISBN 978-1-55111-278-7.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Gary (1976). The English Jacobin Novel, 1780-1805. Oxford: Clarendon. ISBN 0198120621.
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