Tomorrow is the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, which has made a whole lot of people a whole lot of money--but not Jane Austen. But what she gained was fame, as well as a hand in shaping the modern novel. Tomorrow Book View Cafe will look at Austen mania, but today, here is my take on the book, for modern ( Read more... )

A discussion the other day led to this riff about the differences between the two ( Read more... )

The truth is, we find ourselves endlessly fascinating. And horrifying. Sometimes even inspiring.

Specifically, how we're bringing digitalization to history and literature. The other day, movingfinger linked to this article, which takes the quantifier scholars of the seventies one step further into their dreamland ( Read more... )

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I overheard the gist of this conversation at Trader Joe's over by the university a year or two back, and figured it was worth bringing up again, partly because gender expectations are interesting to explore, at least for me ( Read more... )

I mentioned MANSFIELD PARK AND MUMMIES: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights a week or two ago.

Unfortunately, the whole story behind this mashup is a desperate attempt to avoid becoming homeless, thanks to a new bank strategy of Screw Those in Trouble. Read this--note the comments, where it's plain this ( Read more... )

I wonder what that quiet clergyman's daughter would have thought about all the mash-ups, continuations, and imaginative treatments of her own life. Judging from the sometimes quite wicked wit in her letters, she would probably have laughed ( Read more... )