What is a BARONETCY? Sir Walter & the “dignity of baronet”: Jane Austen PERSUASION class analysis

Jane Austen’s Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion boasts of the “dignity of baronet”. But what social class are baronets? Are they classed with nobility? Or do they rank with gentry? Or somewhere in between? And what even are baronets? What is a baronet? What is a baronetcy? Lots of questions! The lecture provides some answers: it defines & explains the meaning of baronet & baronetcy; examines the place of baronets in the social class hierarchy; & interrogates the “dignity” of Sir Walter Elliot’s baronetcy by analysing Sir Walter’s favourite book, The Baronetage, alongside John Dubrett’s Baronetage of England (first published in 1808). And why does Jane Austen provide us with such specific detail about the Elliots’ “rise” through “exertions of loyalty, and dignity of baronet, in the first year of Charles II”? If you’d like to support the channel, you can here Follow me on Twitter: CLOSE READING CLASSIC LITERATURE #DrOctaviaCox #UnfamiliarReadings #CloseReadingClassicLiterature FOR MORE LITERARY ANALYSIS see my ‘Close Reading Classic Literature’ playlist KEYWORDS english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet baronet meaning baronet definition meaning of baronet what does baronet mean baronet class baronetcy class sir walter elliot persuasion jane austen analysis social class persuasion jane austen persuasion persuasion jane austen analysis persuasion analysis persuasion class persuasion social class class in persuasion social class in persuasion jane austen class english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet baronet meaning baronet definition meaning of baronet what does baronet mean baronet class baronetcy class sir walter elliot persuasion jane austen analysis social class persuasion jane austen persuasion persuasion jane austen analysis persuasion analysis persuasion class persuasion social class class in persuasion social class in persuasion jane austen class english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet baronet meaning baronet definition meaning of baronet what does baronet mean baronet class baronetcy class sir walter elliot persuasion jane austen analysis social class persuasion jane austen persuasion persuasion jane austen analysis persuasion analysis persuasion class persuasion social class class in persuasion social class in persuasion jane austen class english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet baronet meaning baronet definition meaning of baronet what does baronet mean baronet class baronetcy class sir walter elliot persuasion jane austen analysis social class persuasion jane austen persuasion persuasion jane austen analysis persuasion analysis persuasion class persuasion social class class in persuasion social class in persuasion jane austen class english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet baronet meaning baronet definition meaning of baronet what does baronet mean baronet class baronetcy class sir walter elliot persuasion jane austen analysis social class persuasion jane austen persuasion persuasion jane austen analysis persuasion analysis persuasion class persuasion social class class in persuasion social class in persuasion jane austen class english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet baronet meaning baronet definition meaning of baronet what does baronet mean baronet class baronetcy class sir walter elliot persuasion jane austen analysis social class persuasion jane austen persuasion persuasion jane austen analysis persuasion analysis persuasion class persuasion social class class in persuasion social class in persuasion jane austen class english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet baronet meaning baronet definition meaning of baronet what does baronet mean baronet class baronetcy class sir walter elliot persuasion jane austen analysis social class persuasion jane austen persuasion persuasion jane austen analysis persuasion analysis persuasion class persuasion social class class in persuasion social class in persuasion jane austen class english literature analysis jane austen analysis jane austen persuasion analysis what is a baronet what is a baronetcy what are baronets define baronet