Tag Archives: Northanger Abbey

Libby Changes the Way We Read

Listening to Libby books on my cellphone has opened up a new dimension of engaging with novels.

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On Men and Novel Reading

Thoughts on the differences between women and men reading novels.

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Atwood & Austen on Abortion in Texas

Texas’s new abortion law, which incentives citizens to snitch on their neighbors, brings to mind “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Northanger Abbey.”

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A Christian Attack on Toxic Masculinity

In “Sir Charles Grandison,” Richardson attacks toxic masculinity in ways that feel very modern.

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Austen’s Mixed Feelings about Gothics

An exploration of Jane Austen’s mixed feelings about the gothic–and about lightweight lit.

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Does Lightweight Lit Do Damage?

I look at how thinkers over the centuries have viewed so-called popular or lightweight literature.

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Austen Has Some of Lit’s Best Mean Girls

I survey the meaning of some of my favorite literary mean girls.

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Looking for Non-Existent Voter Fraud

Trump loves conspiracy theories. So, until she sees the light, does Catherine Morland in “Northanger Abbey.”

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Spying, in Austen and at Colleges

In “Northanger Abbey,” Tilney startles us with his use of the word “spies.” Spying has become one means that universities are using to combat Covid outbreaks.

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