Kicking ass in a corset : Jane Austen's 6 principles for living and leading from the inside out / by Kayne, Andrea, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…-- "Universal Truths" Are Anything But: Like Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, know your inherent value -- Being "Mistress of Myself" Ain't Easy, Sister: Like Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility, respond to difficulty with an internal calm, acceptance, and problem-solving resilience -- In Defense of Seafaring Folks with Weathered Skin: Like Anne Elliot from Persuasion, choose hard work and merit -- A Better Guide In Ourselves: Like Fanny Price of Mansfield Park, insist on faithfully following your internal moral compass -- Learning to Love Is the Thing: Like Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey, protect and retain your internal childlike dreaming, wonder, curiosity, passion, and hope -- "She Thinks a Little Too Well of Herself": Like Emma Woodhouse from Emma, remain humble, open, and willing to learn -- Putting It All Together: Internally Referenced Leadership as Balanced Paradox -- Internally Referenced Leadership: A Fine Balance.…”
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Women, popular culture, and the eighteenth century / by Potter, Tiffany, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Women, reading, and writing -- The culinary art of eighteenth-century women cookbook authors / Robert James Merrett -- Women and letters / Isobel Grundy -- Writing bodies in popular culture: Eliza Haywood and Love in excess / Holly Luhning -- Women reading and writing for The rambler / Peter Sabor -- 'The most dangerous talent': riddles as feminine pastime / Mary Chadwick -- Comic prints, the picturesque and fashion: seeing and being seen in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey / Timothy Erwin -- pt. 3. Eighteenth-century women in modern popular culture -- Mother and daughter in Beryl Bainbridge's According to Queeney / Martha F. …”
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