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Fourteen of Jane Austen’s female characters – witty or ridiculous, selfish or avaricious – are presented in the astonishing show, Austen’s Women. But her graver, more nuanced creations and stern but comic moralism fail to materialise.
Charlotte Brontë’s heroines - most famously Jane Eyre - struggle with psychologically complex questions. And unlike Jane Austen’s female protagonists, they prize self knowledge and self expression over conventional moralism.
Like it or not, the literary canon is part of the cultural capital of the West. Universities that choose not to teach it – or refuse to critically engage with it – are actually disempowering students.
Amnesia won’t help us much in the event of an apocalypse.
At the time of publication, the longevity of Jane Austen’s fifth novel Emma was far from guaranteed. And yet, 200 years later, it now seems immortal. This is the story of its remarkable life.
Pratchett’s work is often classified as ‘genre fiction’ rather than literary fiction. Yet his relationship with genre is complex and adversarial. He sets genre stereotypes up to be deconstructed.
The reader who loves literature of the past seeks to forge intimate connections with those who are no longer alive. In reading, we feel ourselves able to get up close and personal with a dead author.
Once pivotal to the English canon, Jane Austen has been adapted and readapted for Hollywood and Bollywood – and that kind of popularity comes at a cost.
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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PhD in English Literature, University of Cumbria
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Reader in Romanticisms, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor in 18th-century Literature, York St John University
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British Academy Global Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow, English literature, University of Sydney
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