David Lodge made fun of Jane Austen Studies in his academic novel Changing Places. You can or don’t have to! This group is devoted to those researching, studying, teaching, and reading Jane Austen, in and outside of academia.
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Lisa L. Tyler deposited “Modernist Jane: Austen’s Reception by Writers of the Twenties and Thirties” in the group
Jane Austen Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 8 months agoDespite their commitment to Ezra Pound’s commandment to “make it new!:” modernist authors like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Wharton, and Thornton Wilder referred to Jane Austen surprisingly often in their public and private writings. Although they excoriated her sexual inexperience and limited…[Read more]
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Naz Keynejad posted an update in the group
Jane Austen Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoWhat an excellent idea! Glad to be part of the group.
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Devoney Looser edited the post TSLL Special Issue: What’s Next for Jane Austen? in the group
Jane Austen Studies: on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoWhat’s Next for Jane Austen?
Texas Studies in Literature and Language (TSLL, an established journal that’s recently come under new editorship) is planning a special issue on “What’s Next for Jane Aust […]
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Great idea!
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Devoney Looser edited the post Jane Austen Studies! in the group
Jane Austen Studies: on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoWelcome to Jane Austen Studies on MLA Commons. I look forward to working with others to build this space, in order to share ideas and information among MLA members (and beyond) about what’s happening in the study of Jane Austen.
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Linda V. Troost posted an update in the group
Jane Austen Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoGlad to join–the more Jane Austen, the merrier.
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Devoney Looser created the group
Jane Austen Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
