Reading the Goddess into Austen

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: A*, , language: English, abstract: The novel as the ultimate feminine genre, reading novels as a spiritual experience - this paper offers a brief look at Jane Austen's novels and how they can be experienced as spiritual journeys into the realm of the Goddess. The paper will touch on the following topics: Providence; Romance and Realism; The Religion of the Novel; Austen and the Goddess; Reading Austen as a Spiritual Experience; Practising Mysteries.