Books by D. W. Harding

A literary criticism of Jane Austen and her work. A compilation in which Harding has selected his best writings about Austen. Includes details of the social habitat and family life of Austen and her moral judgement along with details of family life in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Also provides a biographical chronology of Harding.

Critics take for granted the importance of rhythm in poetry and prose, above all its capacity for suggesting states of mind, especially emotional states. But they are seldom clear what range of effects rhythm can reasonably be credited with. Professor Harding views this and allied problems from a psychological standpoint.