by admin | Oct 19, 2024 | Recorded meetings
Austen and the Hero Concept, by The Rev Dr Michael Giffin Jane Austen gives her heroines a ‘telos’—a goal or purpose, fate or destiny, oriented towards what Aristotle calls ‘eudaimonia’, a state of human flourishing and happiness. This state is...
by admin | Jun 15, 2024 | Recorded meetings
There was a great deal of needlework to be done, by Pamela Whalan The young people of Mansfield Park are not deliberately unkind to Fanny Price, but they are so absorbed in their own frivolous lives that they do not consider how great a burden of responsibility and...
by admin | Apr 20, 2024 | Recorded meetings
Edward Taylor: Jane Austen’s First Love by Syrie James Renowned author, Syrie James discusses her critically acclaimed novel Jane Austen’s First Love and her research which uncovered a wealth of previously unknown information about the real-life Edward Taylor, heir to...
by admin | Mar 23, 2024 | Recorded meetings
Father’s in Jane Austen: A Zoom Study Day The fathers in Jane Austen’s novels generally play a key role in the destinies of their daughters, often leaving them dependent upon their individual foibles and character. The failures and weaknesses displayed by these...
by admin | Feb 28, 2024 | Recorded meetings
‘Such different accounts of you’ – Representations of Darcy on Screen, by Harriet Jordan When Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerged from a lake in 1995, membership of Jane Austen Societies across the world skyrocketed. Then, in 2005, Matthew Macfadyen’s Darcy flexed his...
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