Tag Archives: Northanger Abbey

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.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Jane Austen, Reader Response Theory, reading, stories, storytelling | Comments closed

Jane Austen: Feminine AND Feministy

By Robin Bates | Published: March 18, 2013

In my student’s eyes, there’s no contradiction between Austen the satirist and Austen the romance writer.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Radcliffe, Feminism, Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth, Persuasion, Sanditon, Walter Scott | Comments closed

Jane Austen Has Something for Everyone

By Robin Bates | Published: January 14, 2013

No two students respond to Jane Austen the same.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Emma, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Relationships, Sense and Sensibility, teaching | Comments closed

For Core Standards, More Lit, Not Less

By Robin Bates | Published: January 3, 2013

The Common Core State Standards deemphasize literature. In fact, we need more literature taught.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged C. S. Lewis, Common Core State Standards, Education, Jane Austen, Prince Caspian | Comments closed

Austen vs. Common Core State Standards

By Robin Bates | Published: December 13, 2012

To excite students, teach good writing–not writing that torments.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Common Core State Standards, Education, Jane Austen | Comments closed

Serving Students a Jane Austen High Tea

By Robin Bates | Published: October 23, 2012

Serving my students a Jane Austen high tea made the novels come alive.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Education, high tea, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility | Comments closed

Austen, Gothic Horrors, and Husbands

By Robin Bates | Published: June 22, 2012

The 2007 Masterpiece Theater version of “Northanger Abbey” plugs into themes uncovered by 20th century feminists.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged gothic horrors, Jane Austen, television adapttions | Comments closed

Reading for Fun, the Best Education

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2011

In “Northanger Abbey,” Jane Austen advocates the ideal way to raise one’s kids: encourage them to read good literature and they will learn the life lessons that they need.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady", Alexander Pope, Alice in Wonderland, James Thompson, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Measure for Measure, Othello, Reading to children, Seasons, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare | Comments closed