In which I share a talk I will be giving on the thematic significance of card playing in Jane Austen’s novels.
Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice
Alas, Poor Twitter–I Knew Him, Ho-Ratio
Literary allusions have been flying, many with a sense of doom, since Elon Musk purchased Twitter.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Elon Musk, Hamlet, Henry VI Part 2, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Samuel Beckett, Sense and Sensibility, twitter, Waiting for Godot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Jane Austen, Fountain of Youth
89-year-old Ruth Wilson finds that rereading Jane Austen keeps her feeling young.
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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.
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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, Jane Austen, Tales of Two Cities, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Woolf and On Board Lit Conversations
To move from Jo Nesbo’s Nordic Noir to Virginia Woolf is to experience emotional whiplash.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Jo Nesbo, Nordic Noir, Virginia Woolf, Voyage Out Comments closed
Does Lightweight Lit Do Damage?
I look at how thinkers over the centuries have viewed so-called popular or lightweight literature.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alexander Pope, Dunciad, Feminism, Frankfurt School, Frederick Engels, Herbert Marcuse, Jaws, John Dryden, Karl Marx, lightweight literature, Lovers' Vows, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Percy Shelley, Persuasion, Peter Benchley, Sense and Sensibility, Terry Eagleton, W.E.B. Du Bois, Wayne Booth Comments closed
Austen Has Some of Lit’s Best Mean Girls
I survey the meaning of some of my favorite literary mean girls.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Cat's Eye, Charlotte Bronte, Emma, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, Mean Girls, Northanger Abbey, Robber Bride, Sense and Sensibility Comments closed
Austen-Like Dating During Covid
Covid is disrupting our dating lives but may as a result have an up-side. Kundera, John Fowles, and Jane Austen explain.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged COVID-19, French Lieutenant's Woman, Jane Austen, John Fowles, Milan Kundera, Persuasion, Relationships, sexuality, Slowness Comments closed
