In my student’s eyes, there’s no contradiction between Austen the satirist and Austen the romance writer.
Tag Archives: Persuasion
Jane Austen: Feminine AND Feministy
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Jane Austen and the Ethics of Care
Austen’s Emma demonstrates an ethics of care–but only for people in her own class.
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Students Persuaded by “Persuasion”
College students continue to find Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” compelling.
Serving Students a Jane Austen High Tea
Serving my students a Jane Austen high tea made the novels come alive.
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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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On the Logic of Having Babies
In a recent post on her website, my wonderful daughter-in-law reflects on whether she and Darien will have children. The reflection was occasioned by our Iowa Thanksgiving where she saw all of her husband’s cousins having children (and I mean all, the only exceptions being those who are in college or younger). So Betsy compiles […]
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