Tag Archives: Northanger Abbey

The Dangers of Emotional Identification

By Robin Bates | Published: February 4, 2020

In which I push back against an article warning about emotional identification with literary characters.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Age of Sensibility, Anne Radcliffe, Goethe, Hannah Arendt, Homer, Iliad, Jane Austen, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Namwali Serpell, Sense and Sensibility, Sorrows of Young Werther | Comments closed

Jane Austen Explains Mansplaining

By Robin Bates | Published: April 25, 2018

Jane Austen understood mansplaining very well. “Northanger Abbey” provides a case study.

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Austenland, a Game for Janeites

By Robin Bates | Published: December 18, 2014

At the end of each fall semester, we have a “fall festival” where the first year seminar students present a project to the community that shares some of what they have learned. This year my Jane Austen class invented a board game for the occasion, which they are calling Austenland. In the past, my Austen […]

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Inviting Jane into Your Life

By Robin Bates | Published: December 16, 2014

Once again Jane Austen has stepped into the lives of my students and enriched their lives immeasurably.

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Who is the Worst Rake in Jane Austen?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 19, 2014

A ranking of jane Austen’s rakes. Who is the most objectionable?

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Emma, George IV, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Prince Regent, rake culture, Regency period, Sense and Sensibility | Comments closed

Dark Doubles in Jane Austen

By Robin Bates | Published: October 30, 2014

Of all Jane Austen’s novels, “Emma” may gives us the most interesting character study.

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Test Your Knowledge of Jane Austen

By Robin Bates | Published: September 26, 2014

A quiz to test your knowledge of Jane Austen novels.

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Books about People Reading Books

By Robin Bates | Published: July 25, 2014

Books about books give readers a sense that they are part of a larger community.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged A. A. Milne, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, David Copperfield, E. Nesbit, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, Kenneth Grahame, metafiction, Treasure Seekers, wind in the willows, Winnie the Pooh, Would Be Goods | Comments closed

The Centrality of Fiction to Our Lives

By Robin Bates | Published: March 18, 2014

Jonathan Gottschall’s “How Stories Make Us Human” is an enlightening book with some limitations.

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