College students continue to find Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” compelling.
Tag Archives: Jane Austen
Serving Students a Jane Austen High Tea
Serving my students a Jane Austen high tea made the novels come alive.
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Mitt as a Jane Austen Villain
Like Henry Crawford in “Mansfield Park,” Mitt Romney is inconstant and will say anything.
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Austen, Gothic Horrors, and Husbands
The 2007 Masterpiece Theater version of “Northanger Abbey” plugs into themes uncovered by 20th century feminists.
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Can Poetry Be Bad for You?
The possibility that poetry can have a deleterious effect on one (the poetry of Scott and Byron anyway) is a possibility that Austen brings up in “Persuasion.”
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Jilted by Your Fiancé? Turn to Austen
A student distraught when her fiance dropped her used Jane Austen’s ironic wit in “Sense and Sensibility” to regain perspective and reenter the world.
