Tag Archives: Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen’s Thematic Use of Cards

In which I share a talk I will be giving on the thematic significance of card playing in Jane Austen’s novels.

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Austen’s Revolutionary Style

Austen may have innovated a way to blend satire with romance as a way to protect us from heartbreak.

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Alas, Poor Twitter–I Knew Him, Ho-Ratio

Literary allusions have been flying, many with a sense of doom, since Elon Musk purchased Twitter.

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Eternally Damned after Reading a Book

In which I compare Austen’s Marianne and Willoughby to Dante’s Paulo and Francesca.

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Austen’s Mixed Feelings about Gothics

An exploration of Jane Austen’s mixed feelings about the gothic–and about lightweight lit.

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Does Lightweight Lit Do Damage?

I look at how thinkers over the centuries have viewed so-called popular or lightweight literature.

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Austen Has Some of Lit’s Best Mean Girls

I survey the meaning of some of my favorite literary mean girls.

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Sanditon’s Disappointing Ending

While filled with allusions to the previous novels, the televised “Sanditon” is in the end a let-down. I explore why.

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The Dangers of Emotional Identification

In which I push back against an article warning about emotional identification with literary characters.

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