Jane Austen and Pastiche
Jane Austen’s enduring popularity necessarily brings with it endless re-imaginings and reinterpretations of her life and work: some loving, some serious, some mocking....
Posted: May 18th 2015
Jane Austen and Pastiche
Jane Austen’s enduring popularity necessarily brings with it endless re-imaginings and reinterpretations of her life and work: some loving, some serious, some mocking....
Posted: May 18th 2015
The Revolutionary Force of Miss Elizabeth Bennet
In an unusual celebration of the bicentenary of Pride and Prejudice, on 26 January 2013 The Guardian released a series of new readings...
Posted: May 18th 2015
An Accomplished Female
In Pride and Prejudice, Mr Bingley famously sings the praises of young ladies and their accomplishments. And while he certainly means to be...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Jane Austen and the Victorians, part I: George Eliot’s literary foremother
The Jane Austen Detectives’ key aim is to find new and original ways of engaging with our literary heritage; this is one reason...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Georgian Servants
Jane Austen’s letters and novels, with their perfect awareness of household economics and the importance of money, are often cited even by historians...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Jane Austen and the Victorians, Part II: A bid for women’s rights
Recently, following the recognition of Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar for their work in tracing a subversive tradition of female voices in the...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Jane Austen and Health
Among the caricatures in Jane Austen’s novels, the hypochondriac, in various guises, makes regular appearances. They are often fairly prominent characters, such as...
Posted: May 18th 2015
Jane Austen and Humour
Gabrielle Moss recently tackled the notion that ‘women aren’t funny’: in a list dating from 1695 right up to 2012, she quotes one...
Posted: May 18th 2015
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Jane Austen and Children
Many readers and critics have pointed to the conspicuous absence in Jane Austen’s novels of children. This is particularly evident if Jane Austen’s...
Posted: May 18th 2015
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