Tag: Jane Austen

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December 10, 2020

Modern Persuasion (Appel & Lisecki, 2020)

Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice had a working title of First Impressions. Although she did not ultimately use that title for any of her novels, it remained a running theme… Continue reading "Modern Persuasion (Appel & Lisecki, 2020)"
Essays

July 28, 2012

Emma, Merida, and the Female Bildungsroman

In his critical reception history for the novel in the Bedford edition, Alistair Duckworth notes that "feminist voices" were seldom heard championing Austen prior to the 1970s