Tag Archives: Sense and Sensibility

Card Playing in Jane Austen

By Robin Bates | Published: October 22, 2019

Card playing shows up in all of Jane Austen’s major novels but means different things at different times.

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Using Jane Austen to Dissect AG Barr

By Robin Bates | Published: May 1, 2019

Thursday The drama surrounding the Mueller Report continues to become more postmodern with every passing day. Or rather, the Trump administration has been trying to render it so. To highlight how Attorney General William Barr is throwing up smokescreens, I turn to my favorite passage from Sense and Sensibility. First, however, let’s note that the […]

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From Wycherley to Crazy, Stupid, Love

By Robin Bates | Published: May 8, 2017

In my “Restoration and 18th Century Couples Comedy” class, my students paired old rom-coms with contemporary films, including “Ten Things I Hate about You,” “How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days, “Friends with Benefits,” and others.

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Why the Alt-Right Austen Takeover Will Fail

By Robin Bates | Published: March 23, 2017

The alt-right has tried to appropriate Jane Austen. Their readings are alternately hilarious and horrifying.

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500 Days of Marianne & Willoughby

By Robin Bates | Published: January 9, 2015

The film “500 Days of Summer” has a lot in common with Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” Realizing this can make us feel better about the ending of both works.

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“Frozen” Is “Sense & Sensibility” with Ice

By Robin Bates | Published: December 29, 2014

To compare “Sense and Sensibility” to the movie “Frozen” is to open up new complexities in the novel.

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Austenland, a Game for Janeites

By Robin Bates | Published: December 18, 2014

At the end of each fall semester, we have a “fall festival” where the first year seminar students present a project to the community that shares some of what they have learned. This year my Jane Austen class invented a board game for the occasion, which they are calling Austenland. In the past, my Austen […]

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Inviting Jane into Your Life

By Robin Bates | Published: December 16, 2014

Once again Jane Austen has stepped into the lives of my students and enriched their lives immeasurably.

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Who is the Worst Rake in Jane Austen?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 19, 2014

A ranking of jane Austen’s rakes. Who is the most objectionable?

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