Literary allusions have been flying, many with a sense of doom, since Elon Musk purchased Twitter.
Tag Archives: Jane Austen
Alas, Poor Twitter–I Knew Him, Ho-Ratio
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Elon Musk, Hamlet, Henry VI Part 2, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Samuel Beckett, Sense and Sensibility, twitter, Waiting for Godot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
On Men and Novel Reading
Thoughts on the differences between women and men reading novels.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Melodrama, men reading, Northanger Abbey Comments closed
Austen on the Simple Country Life
In the strawberry picking scene in “Emma,” Austen wields her satiric pen to take apart social climber Mrs. Elton.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged class anxiety, Emma, Gustave Flaubert, indirect style, Madame Bovary Comments closed
PBS’s Sanditon: Austen + Jane Eyre
PBS’s Sanditon leaves Regency Austen behind and moves in a Victorian direction.
Jane Austen, Fountain of Youth
89-year-old Ruth Wilson finds that rereading Jane Austen keeps her feeling young.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aging, D.H. Lawrence, Pride and Prejudice, Sons and Lovers Comments closed
Jane Austen Will Cure What Ails You
Jane Austen therapy has been prescribed for war vets, London civilians under attack, and people hiding out from Covid.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Janeites", bibliotherapy, COVID-19, Pride and Prejudice, Rudyard Kipling Comments closed
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.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1984, George Orwell, Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Northanger Abbey, Supreme Court, Texas abortion law Comments closed
Condemned to Read Dickens, Austen
A British judge has ordered a white supremacist to read Dickens and Austen. Why these authors.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged British fascism, Charles Dickens, Fascism, Pride and Prejudice, Tales of Two Cities, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare Comments closed
A Christian Attack on Toxic Masculinity
In “Sir Charles Grandison,” Richardson attacks toxic masculinity in ways that feel very modern.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Clarissa, dueling, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews, Northanger Abbey, Pamela, Samuel Richardson, Shamela, Sir Charles Grandison, Tom Jones, toxic masculinity Comments closed
