Comments | kellyrfineman: Pride & Prejudice, or First Impressions

kellyrfineman

Pride & Prejudice, or First Impressions

Jan 04, 2011 17:08

This book was originally titled First Impressions by Austen, who changed the title because another novel of the same name had come out. It is possible that the very earliest version of this novel, which Austen wrote in 1796-97, was epistolary in form (an exchange of letters), although there's no credible source for that particular supposition ( Read more... )

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robinellen January 4 2011, 23:32:09 UTC

Oh, perfect poem :)

And I always enjoy this factual interludes.

kellyrfineman January 4 2011, 23:37:07 UTC

Thanks so much!

I am always interested to see how authors are engaged in dialogue with one another, and Austen was definitely one of those writers who viewed literature as a form of conversation/argument. Some of our better authors still do that, I think, and it's one of the things that I love reading - even though it's not always easy to do.

ext_208897 January 5 2011, 00:12:26 UTC

So interesting! And of course so impossible to imagine P&P by any other name...

Your comment above reminds me of one of the essays on criticism from the NYT last weekend, my favorite of the lot because in it Sam Anderson talks about just what you say - "literature as a form of conversation/argument." He says, "That’s one of the exciting things that books do: they talk to other books."

Great poem!

kellyrfineman January 5 2011, 01:39:16 UTC

I'm so glad you enjoyed the post and the poem, Deborah. And you reminded me to track down that Sam Anderson essay - I saw good reports on Twitter about it!

Ah ha! ext_380518 January 5 2011, 03:49:49 UTC

This post was so insightful! Thank you for shedding more light on my favorite author. It's time for my annual read of P&P, and I can't wait to wade around in her wit once again. I love that she borrowed the phrase from another book. Makes her even more "human" somehow.

Re: Ah ha! kellyrfineman January 5 2011, 04:16:14 UTC

I hope you'll stop by here - we're doing a chapter a day until it's done, and I started on the first, which means tomorrow is Chapter Five.

tanita says: anonymous January 5 2011, 17:36:51 UTC

Oh, dear, I'm squeeing alone in the house, scaring the neighbors again.

But, YOUR POEM!!! I can see your factual style plus the imaginary elements woven in poetry form -- I can so see this being a book. Can't wait.

Re: tanita says: kellyrfineman January 5 2011, 19:48:53 UTC

Thank you my lovely friend for startling the neighbors, and for your enthusiasm for the Jane project. It has boosted me at a time when I needed a bit of boosting! Smooch!!