Jane Austen and maternal disinheritance: The Leigh family archive

本项目旨在研究简·奥斯汀(1775-1817)母亲的家族--莱格家族。家庭关系是奥斯汀小说的核心，但人们对她自己家庭中的女性知之甚少。莱格夫妇留下了大量与他们的历史有关的档案材料，奥斯汀学者在很大程度上忽视了这一点。这个项目将使用详细的档案研究来恢复和重新定位奥斯汀传记中的利家族，并阅读奥斯汀的青春期和小说，以了解这段历史并为之做出贡献。该项目旨在更好地了解家庭历史对简·奥斯汀小说的影响，为我们了解英国女性文学和历史做出贡献。

This project aims to research Jane Austen’s (1775-1817) mother’s family, the Leighs. Family relationships are central to Austen’s novels, but little is known about the women of her own family. The Leighs left extensive archival materials pertaining to their history, which Austen scholars have largely ignored. This project will use detailed archival research to recover and reposition the Leigh family in Austen biography, and read Austen’s juvenilia and novels as informed by and contributing to this history. The project aims to better understand the influence of family history on Jane Austen’s novels, contributing to our knowledge of British women’s literature and history.