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Identifier	Thesis 1568
Author	Khosla, Rashmi
Title	Emma : an imaginist / Rashmi Khosla
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	1999
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Jane Austen takes her heroine and the reader on a quest to illustrate the dangers of an unrestrained fancy. Emma’s imagination creates a world of its own, "Myself creating, what I saw" to borrow a line from the poet William Cowper, quoted late in the novel by the character George Knightley, in part to isolate the problem of self-delusion in this novel. Like her predecessor Catherine Morland in Austen's Northanger Abbey, Emma goes through a process of transformation that enables her to recover her clear sightedness, the necessary complement to her natural intelligence and reason. This thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter, entitled "Emma and the Critics" seeks to place the novel in a critical tradition. The following three chapters reveal Emma's tendency to imagine and get involved in the lives of others. As a matchmaker, Emma causes distress to herself, Harriet Smith, Robert Martin, Jane Fairfax, Mr. Elton, and George Knightley. She gains an invaluable education through her blunders, especially when she plays the role of a matchmaker. The focus of the second chapter is the relationship between Emma and Harriet, which is one of mentor and student. Chapter three discusses the attempts of Emma to solve the mystery and intrigue surrounding Jane Fairfax's quiet reserve. Emma's actions reveal the implications of her behavior as an "imaginist". Chapter four examines Emma's catharsis and the insight she gains into her own heart and emotions. At the end of the novel, Emma’s repentance is genuine. The final chapter concludes the discussion of her transformation, when Emma arrives at the journey's end, an enlightened state of mind. She moves from self-delusion to self-knowledge, and her pride is transformed into humility. Emma finally comes to perceive the dangerous consequences of an unbridled imagination, which has endangered not only her own happiness, but also that of her friends. Emma makes mistakes, but she acknowledges them and learns from them, thereby attaining the stature of a true Austen heroine.
Subject	Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma -- Criticism and interpretation
Department	Department of English
Advisor	Jestin, Loftus
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	45225080
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