Includes bibliographical references and index.

On Pride and prejudice / Laurence W. Mazzeno -- Biography of Jane Austen / Joan Klingel Ray -- The Paris review perspective / Victoria Nelson for The Paris review -- The feminist critique and five styles of women's roles in Pride and prejudice / Laura Dabundo -- The domesticated conflict and impending social change of Pride and prejudice / Michael Kramp -- Class mediation and marriage in Pride and prejudice and north and south / Amy Robinson -- Pride and prejudice : the critical reception / Joanne Wilkes -- The novel and its age : a study of theme and structure in Pride and prejudice / David Monaghan -- Pride and prejudice : thought, character, argument, and plot / Richard McKeon -- Community and cognition in Pride and prejudice / William Deresiewicz -- Austen's tradesmen : improving masculinity in Pride and prejudice / Michael Kramp -- Intelligence in Pride and prejudice / Susan Morgan -- The humiliation of Elizabeth Bennet / Susan Fraiman -- Knowing better : feminism and utopian discourse in Pride and prejudice, Villette, and "Babette's feast" / Sarah Webster Goodwin -- Shame, pride, and prejudice : Jane Austen's psychological sophistication / Gordon Hirsch -- Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice : a theological reflection / Joel Marcus -- Jane Austen and comic virtue / Tobin Siebers -- An open invitation, or, How to read the ethics of Austen's Pride and prejudice / Peter Mathews -- Resources -- Chronology of Jane Austen's life -- Works by Jane Austen -- Bibliography.