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This book argues that there are recurrent spatiotemporal patterns and structures in six Jane Austen novels which constitute a source of enduring, if unconscious, pleasure. More precisely, the book contends that there are overlapping natural and cultural cycles which co-exist in a constantly transmuting space-time and which are counterpointed with the linearity of pivotal events that drive the plot forwards. This work examines the psychological relations to these space-time patterns of the characters, principally the heroines, focusing on the transformations of their emotional states which prompt linear leaps.

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“In The Architecture of Space-Time in the Novels of Jane Austen, Ruta Baublyté Kaufmann moves away from conventional studies of the chronology of events or physical locations in literary works and brings forth an analysis of time and space in Austen’s finished novels … . Kaufmann provides insight into the way the cyclicity … . These cycles interlock and each one marks important moments in the stories.” (Layla Ferrández Melero, The British Society for Literature and Science, bsls.ac.uk, January 24, 2024)

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Ruta Baublyté Kaufmann was born in Lithuania. After a short career in contemporary dance and choreography, she studied Lithuanian, French and English literature in Universities of Vilnius, Lithuania, and Neuchatel, Switzerland. She completed her PhD in English literature from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, in 2017. She now teaches EFL in Switzerland and continues her research.

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