Tag Archives: Northanger Abbey

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.

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Jane Austen Has Something for Everyone

By Robin Bates | Published: January 14, 2013

No two students respond to Jane Austen the same.

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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.

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Austen vs. Common Core State Standards

By Robin Bates | Published: December 13, 2012

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

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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.

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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

Ask Jane: Expert Relationship Advice

By Robin Bates | Published: December 15, 2010

“My idea of good company,” says Anne Elliot in Jane Austen’s Persuasion, “is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation.” To which her cousin replies, “That is not good company, that is the best.” I feel that I have emerged from the best of company as my Jane Austen […]

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Regency Teens, Same Issues as Today

By Robin Bates | Published: October 5, 2010

Seldom have I enjoyed a course more than my current first year seminar on Jane Austen—specifically “Jane Austen and the Challenges of Being a Regency Teenager.” The title of the course isn’t historically accurate since young men and women in the early 19th century didn’t think of themselves as teenagers. Adolescence wasn’t as prolonged as […]

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